Etymology

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Today it means: A Japanese demon. Full definition →

Japanese 悪魔
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from悪魔
  2. English todayakuma

From Japanese 悪魔, from Middle Chinese 惡魔 (MC 'ak ma, literally “bad, evil + demon”).

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