English Explanatory Dictionary

yokai

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various supernatural monsters, sometimes shapeshifters, in Japanese folklore.

Word forms

yokai yokais yōkai youkai

Etymology

From Japanese 妖怪 (yōkai, “ghost, phantom”).

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