天の邪鬼

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天 邪 鬼
あま
Grade: 1 		じゃ
Grade: S 		く
Grade: S
kun'yomi on'yomi irregular
For pronunciation and definitions of 天の邪鬼 – see the following entry.
【天邪鬼あまのじゃく】
[noun] a kind of oni that appears in various folktales as the bad guy, who deliberately goes against what people say
[noun] someone with a personality or behavior reminiscent of the folktale character: a crank, a perverse person
[noun] (Buddhism) in Buddhist statuary, the small devil or demon being trampled under the feet of a 仁王 (Niō, “Deva king”) or one of the 四天王 (Shitennō, “four Deva warriors”)
[noun] (Buddhism) in Buddhist statuary, the devil or demon face on the breastplate of 毘沙門天 (Bishamonten, “Vaiśravaṇa”)
【天邪鬼あまのじゃこ】
[noun] synonym of 天邪鬼 (amanojaku, “a devil; a contrary oni”)
(This term, 天の邪鬼, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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