youkai

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A form of yokai — Any of various supernatural monsters, sometimes shapeshifters, in Japanese folklore.

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Meanings

nounyoukai (plural youkai or youkais)

plural youkais

  1. alternativeAlternative form of yokai.

    COME TO THINK OF IT…I WAS TOLD THAT YOUKAIS’ POWER HAS WEAKENED OVER THE YEARS.

    2016, Cocoa Fujiwara, translated by Sheldon Drzka, “Final Chapter: The Tale Continues”, in Inu × Boku SS, volume 11, New York, N.Y.: Yen Press, →ISBN, page 232
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