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鬼おに

N3
おに oni
  1. ogre
  2. demon
  3. it (i.e., in a game of tag)
noun

Chinese meanings

鬼;魔鬼;捉人游戏中的鬼

Chinese notes

渡る世間に鬼はなし是谚语,意为世间并非没有好心人。

Examples

  • 遅おくれたやつは鬼おにに食くわれろ。
    Devil take the hindmost.
    迟到的家伙就让鬼吃掉吧。
  • 渡わたる世せ間けんに鬼おにはなし。
    There is kindness to be found everywhere.
    世上并非处处都是坏人。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('ccad2b9049'); // 鬼
{
  "id": "ccad2b9049",
  "word": "鬼",
  "reading": "おに",
  "romaji": "oni",
  "meanings": [
    "ogre",
    "demon",
    "it (i.e., in a game of tag)"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1224190,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "遅れたやつは鬼に食われろ。",
      "furigana": "{遅|おく}れたやつは{鬼|おに}に{食|く}われろ。",
      "en": "Devil take the hindmost.",
      "tatoeba_id": 126718
    },
    {
      "ja": "渡る世間に鬼はなし。",
      "furigana": "{渡|わた}る{世間|せけん}に{鬼|おに}はなし。",
      "en": "There is kindness to be found everywhere.",
      "tatoeba_id": 124610
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "e6b438e1f9c42b955bc6974dce4cdad5fd431a838a880946e71519ac6b504a59",
    "meanings": [
      "鬼",
      "魔鬼",
      "捉人游戏中的鬼"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "遅れたやつは鬼に食われろ。",
        "zh": "迟到的家伙就让鬼吃掉吧。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "渡る世間に鬼はなし。",
        "zh": "世上并非处处都是坏人。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/ccad2b9049",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1224190; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "notes": "渡る世間に鬼はなし是谚语,意为世间并非没有好心人。",
    "review_hash": "888973142baa581939d983135479850f5655458e40c1c8b09c253ae3b49a4e91"
  }
}