Meaning of demon in Japanese

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Definition of demon

デーモン(deemon)
  1. (n) demon
  2. (comp) daemon (in Unix, etc.)
  1. (n) evil spirit; demon; devil

    底に経ったかれはあたかも悪鬼のようだった。
    As he stood there he might have been a fiend.

  1. (n) devil; demon; fiend; Satan; evil spirit

    悪魔は岩の間に隠れている。
    Devils are hiding among the rocks.

  1. (n) (Buddh) non-Buddhist teachings; non-Buddhist
  2. heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; heresy; heretic
  3. demon; fiend; devil; brute; bad person
  4. type of fish one did not intend to catch
おに(oni) · (ki)

鬼 Kanji Details

  1. (n) ogre; demon

    来年のことを言えば鬼が笑う。
    Next year is the devil's joke.

  2. spirit of a deceased person →Related words: 亡魂
  3. ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.)
  4. it (i.e. in a game of tag)
  5. (astron) Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) →Related words: 二十八宿 , 朱雀
  6. (pref) very; extremely; super- →Related words:
  1. (n) demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
  1. (n) ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon; monster; goblin

    一匹の妖怪がヨーロッパを徘徊している。共産主義という妖怪が。
    A spectre is haunting Europe ― the spectre of communism.

  1. (n) evil spirit; demon
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魔 Kanji Details

  1. (n) demon; devil; evil spirit; evil influence

    株式市場は魔の市場だとよく言われる。
    The stock market is often called a dangerous one.

  2. (n-suf) someone who (habitually) performs some (negative) act →Related words: 覗き魔
  1. (n) fallen angel; demon
  1. (n) demon; monster; apparition

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