鬼
N3おに oni
- ogre
- demon
- 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
- 遅れたやつは鬼に食われろ。Devil take the hindmost.迟到的家伙就让鬼吃掉吧。
- 渡る世間に鬼はなし。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"
}
}