Japanese Yokai can be cute. On the flipside, they can be utterly evil and scary too! Here are 15 deadly Yokai you’d never want to meet, within or outside of Japan.
Having witnessed the whole battle from having created fire, Konton states how good a show it was and smiles in satisfaction, now aware that the Half-Demon Princesses do have a weakness: The New Moon. Totetsu, the last of the Four Perils is eating monks to increase his power. Taking ...
The Japanese word aku, pronounced "ah-koo", is a commonly-used word translated to mean "to open", "to begin", or "to become vacant". What does Haku mean in Chinese? Etymology. 白 (haku,“white”) + 人 (jin, “person”) What are good Japanese last names? Japan's top 100 m...
In the 7th century, however, the kind took a turn. Now, people have begun to look at tattoos negatively. By 720 CE, they were even used as branding and punishment for prisoners, courtesans, and criminals. The practice would last for over 1,000 years. In the 18th century, Japanese tatto...
organization; note that hyphens link multi-character words together, and are generally (but not always) limited to Sanskrit-derived names or words (e.g. Han-nya-ha-ra-mi-ta for Sanskrit Prajñāpāramita, or Sha-ri-shi for Śāriputra). In general, one syllable matches one character, ...
Spyair is a band that will touch your heart with their emotional and meaningful songs. They took made a splash with a few anime openings like “Last Moment” forBleach, “Samurai Heart (Some Like It Hot!!)” and “Sakuramitsutsuki”, and “Genjou Destruction” forGintama, “My World” ...
Thus, the names of the three monkeys are Mizaru 見ざる (no see), Kikazaru 聞かざる (no hear), and Iwazaru 言わざる (no speak). MONKEY DEITIES IN JAPAN MASARU 神猿 (lit. Kami Monkey). The sacred monkey of the Hie Shrine (aka Hie Jinja 日吉神社, Hiyoshi Taisha 日吉大社). ...
Last month the party was dropped off on the island of the minotaur. They fought some lizardmen, one of whom fled into the maze. This month they enter the maze where Ghim the dwarf falls into a pit trap and is hit by a giant rolling “Raiders” boulder. Etoh attempts to heal him but...
In this last text it is especially clear that the rebirth of the bird is a consequence of the rain. The same perhaps finds expression in a Syriac text on the Phoenix that otherwise does not refer to the origin of the bird; Therefore there is moisture there, thanks to that kind of worm...
黒鬼 Kuroki Black Demon 黒髪 Kurokami Black Hair 黒猫 Kuroneko Black Cat 紅茶 Kōcha Black Tea 黒鳥 Kurotori Black Bird 黒馬 Kurouma Black Horse 黒雨 Kuroame Black Rain 黒帯 Kuroobi Black Belt (Martial Artist) 白黒 Shirokuro Black and White FAQs How do cultural contexts influence the us...