Info on the Kanji 妖

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What is this? "妖"

Meaning(s)

bewitching

Reading(s)

onyomi YOU
kunyomi aya-shii

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Example words with 妖
WordMeaning
まぼろしよう
maboroshi you
confusing people / magic / ghost, monster, etc., the true identity of which is unknown
めんよう
menyou
weird / strange / mysterious
ようい
you i
mysterious occurrence
ようくも
you kumo
ominous cloud
ようえん
youen
fascinating / voluptuous / bewitching
ようはな
you hana
enchantingly beautiful flower / bewitching beauty
ようかい
youkai
ghost / apparition / phantom / spectre / specter / demon / monster / goblin
ようき
youki
ghostly / unearthly / weird
ようげん
you gen
groundless rumor / misleading rumor
ようきつね
you kitsune
mythological fox spirit
ようじゅつ
youjutsu
black magic / black art / witchcraft / sorcery
ようじょ
youjo
enchantress / vamp
ようせい
yousei
fairy / sprite / elf
ようかたな
you katana
bewitched sword / magical sword / demon sword
ようばあ
you baa
hag / old witch
ようふ
you fu
enchantress / seductress / vamp
ようま
youma
ghost / apparition
ようりょく
youryoku
spirit power / magical power
しいあやしい
ayashi i
charming / bewitching / mysterious
術師ようじゅつし
youjutsu shi
necromancer
術者ようじゅつもの
youjutsu mono
magician / sorcerer / sorceress
狐狸こりようかい
koriyoukai
foxes and badgers and all sorts of bogies / a sly fellow who does evil by stealth
歯のはのようせい
ha no yousei
tooth fairy
天変地てんぺんちよう
tenpen chi you
natural disaster
怪変化ようかいへんか
youkai henka
monstrous apparition
怪ハンターようかいはんたー
youkai hanta
ghostbuster / spirit hunter
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Example Sentences with 妖
精を信じるか。

精は王子を猫に変えた。

彼女は精の役を演じた。

彼女は噂をふりまく精だ。



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