座敷童子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
座 敷 童 子
ざ
Grade: 6 		しき
Grade: S 		わらし
Grade: 3 Grade: 1
goon kun'yomi jukujikun
For pronunciation and definitions of 座敷童子 – see the following entry.
【座敷童ざしきわらし】
[noun] (Japanese mythology, Tōhoku) a kind of yōkai: a red-faced ghost or apparition of a child haunting an old house, generally not malevolent, and thought to bring good fortune to the house
(This term, 座敷童子, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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