Word

鬼

おに
CommonJLPT N3

Meanings

  1. Noun

    ogre; demon; oni

  2. Noun

    spirit of a deceased person

  3. Noun

    ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.)

  4. Noun

    it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; chaser; tagger; tigger

  5. Noun

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

  6. Prefix

    very; extremely; super-

In Spanish

  1. ogro (o algún ente de gran maldad); demonio

Other readings
き

Kanji in this word

Example sentences

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