口裂け女
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 口 | 裂 | 女 |
| くち Grade: 1 |
さ Grade: S |
おんな Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi | ||
Etymology[edit]
Compound of 口 (kuchi, “mouth”) + 裂け (sake, 連用形 (ren’yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 裂ける (sakeru, “to tear, to split, to rip open”)) + 女 (onna, “woman”), literally “slit-mouthed woman”.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- (folklore) a yokai resembling a woman with a mouth that is slit from ear to ear
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 口 read as くち
- Japanese terms spelled with 裂 read as さ
- Japanese terms spelled with 女 read as おんな
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- Japanese lemmas
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- ja:Folklore