ようかい
Youkai
妖怪 (Youkai) is a Japanese noun meaning “ghost, apparition, phantom, spectre”.
Meanings
- nounghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
Examples
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.
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