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  2. Yūrei - Wikipedia

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    Yūrei from the Hyakkai Zukan, c. 1737. Yūrei are figures in Japanese folklore analogous to the Western concept of ghosts.The name consists of two kanji, 幽 (yū), meaning "faint" or "dim" and 霊 (rei), meaning "soul" or "spirit".

  3. Obake - Wikipedia

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    Due to the influence of a large number of Hawaiians with Japanese ancestry, on the islands of Hawaii the term obake has found its way into the dialect of the local people. . Some Japanese stories concerning these creatures have found their way into local culture in Hawaii: numerous sightings of kappa have been reported on the islands, and the Japanese faceless ghosts called noppera-bō have ...

  4. Goryō - Wikipedia

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    Click [show] for important translation instructions. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate , is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia.

  5. Ghost characters - Wikipedia

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    Also, the Japanese ghost character "閠" (lower part is "玉") is thought to be a misspelling for "閏" (lower part is "王"). (A 16th-century manuscript of the Japanese 15th-century Wagokuhen also has the character "閠", but it is a solitary example.) On the other hand, the Chinese character in China "閠" is a kind of variant of "閏", which ...

  6. Amanojaku - Wikipedia

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    In Kamen Rider Saber web-movie Kamen Rider Saber Spin-off: Kamen Rider Sabela & Kamen Rider Durendal, the main antagonist Rui Mitarai assume a Megid form called Amanojaku Megid, which is based on Amanojaku itself. In the movie My_Oni_Girl the Japanese title is translated as "I like it but I don't like it Amanojaku"

  7. Yūrei-zu - Wikipedia

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    The six images are reworkings of famous Japanese ghost stories, such as Tokaido Yotsuya Ghost Story and Kohata Koheiji Ghost Story, which were rendered in woodblocks by Edo artists. [ 33 ] Also creating contemporary yūrei-zu in a traditional style is American-born, Japanese-resident artist Matthew Meyer.

  8. Teru teru bōzu - Wikipedia

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    A teru teru bōzu (Japanese: てるてる坊主 or 照る照る坊主, lit. ' shine, shine monk ') is a small traditional handmade doll hung outside doors and windows in Japan in hope of sunny weather. Made from tissue paper or cloth, teru teru bōzu charms are usually white, ghost-like figures with strings tied around their necks. [1] [2] [3]

  9. Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger - Wikipedia

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    Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (海賊戦隊ゴーカイジャー, Kaizoku Sentai Gōkaijā, Pirate Squadron Gokaiger) [a] is a Japanese Tokusatsu television series and the 35th entry in its long-running Super Sentai metaseries of Japanese tokusatsu television series following Tensou Sentai Goseiger.