Etymology

hengeyokai

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Today it means: A legendary Japanese animal with the ability to shapeshift into human form. Full definition →

Japanese 変化妖怪
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from変化妖怪
  2. English todayhengeyokai

From Japanese 変化妖怪.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.