Word Meaning 鬼面

きめん kimen

鬼面 is read as きめん (kimen) and means mask of a devil.

Meaning

English

  1. mask of a devil
  2. startling appearance
  3. devil's face

Reading

Kana

きめん

Romaji

kimen

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 114790 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

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鬼面仏心

きめんぶっしん

having the face of a devil and the heart of Buddha

鬼面人を威す

きめんひとをおどす

to threaten by outward appearance

鬼面人を驚かす

きめんひとをおどろかす

to threaten by outward appearance

Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

鬼神

きじん

fierce god

鬼子母神

きしぼじん

Hariti (goddess of childbirth and children)

鬼才

きさい

wizard

鬼気

きき

ghastly

鬼門

きもん

weak point

鬼田平子

おにたびらこ

Oriental false hawksbeard (Youngia japonica)

鬼も十八番茶も出花

おにもじゅうはちばんちゃもでばな

just as even coarse tea tastes good when fresh, even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth

鬼も十八

おにもじゅうはち

even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth