Examples of using Yokai in English and their translations into Japanese
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The works are a series of original yokai, each hand drawn with a pen and then scanned.
ボールペン画をスキャンして、オリジナルの妖怪を描き込んだシリーズ。Nioh is set in the late devastated Sengoku period in Japan, a time full of lordless samurai and thieves and rushing yokai.
物語の舞台となるのは、野武士や賊がはびこり、さらには妖怪たちもがうごめく荒廃した戦国時代末期の日本。I decided that I will absolutely never do an exhibit on yurei, but I love yokai.
私、幽霊ものは絶対にやらないって決めているんですけど、妖怪ものは好きなんです。Matt| Matthew Meyer- Part 50 Today's yokai comes by request: the yosuzume!
Matt|MatthewMeyer-Part50今日の妖怪もリクエストされたものです。While visiting her grandfather, Hotaru(voice: Sakura Ayane) becomes lost in the Yamagami Forest where yokai(mystical creatures) are said to live.
祖父の家へ遊びに来た蛍(声・佐倉綾音)は、妖怪が棲むという山神の森で迷子になる。Here we would like to introduce a number of items from the collection produced in the Edo period that depict supernatural creatures called yokai.
ここでは、収蔵品のなかから江戸時代に描かれた妖怪に関する資料をいくつか紹介したい。Illistrations of yokai are painted in and also on the outside of the trains.
車体には、外側、車内、いたるところに妖怪が描かれている。His gang of thugs also gradually transformed into oni, and eventually he had a whole clan of oni and yokai thugs who prowled the highways.
彼の仲間達も鬼と化してゆき最終的には鬼や辺りをうろつく物の怪達の長となっていったのである。Kirin Even people who know nothing about yokai probably know this very famous legendary beast- if for nothing else than for the popular beer which takes its name from the creature.
In November 2017, made their debut with“Hajimari no College”, which chosen as the opening theme for the second season of TV anime,“Elegant Yokai Apartment Life”.
年11月、アニメ『妖怪アパートの幽雅な日常』の第2期OPテーマ「始まりのカレッジ」にてデビュー。Or yokai characters, in the series are designed adorably and created based on interesting ideas conceived from various phenomenons in our everyday lives, so not only children but even adults can find the series quite entertaining.
妖怪キャラクターたちの造形が可愛く、妖怪を生みだすヒントとなる日常現象への着眼点が面白いので、子どもだけではなく、大人が見てもなかなか楽しめる内容の作品である。Earthquakes and tsunami were the work of yokai, and when there was political upheaval or turmoil it was said to happen because the yokai were mingling in human society.
地震や津波も妖怪の仕業だとか、政治が混乱しているときも妖怪が人間の社会に紛れ込んで災いを起こしてるんじゃないか、と考えていました。Like many yokai we have looked at, the tengu was brought over to Japan from China along with Buddhism, Confucianism, government, writing, and many other things over 1000 years ago.
多くの妖怪達と同様に、天狗についても仏教,儒教,政治,書字などとともに1000年以上前に中国から伝わったもののようです。That's right, in the Gajumaru tree located in the“Kyu-Sogenji Ishimon” there is an Okinawan Yokai(spirit) called the Kijimuna(probably)!
そう、ここ「旧崇元寺石門」にあるガジュマルの樹には、沖縄の妖怪（精霊）キジムナーがいるのです（たぶん）！Goya's painting El entierro de la sardina(The Burial of the Sardine)- In the hands of Goya, this fun event on the final day of the carnival is like yokai revelry.
ゴヤが描いた『鰯の埋葬』カーニバル最終日の楽しい行事でもゴヤが描くとほぼ妖怪祭り。所蔵する王立サン・フェルナンド・美術アカデミーのHPより。As this month's Life in Kyoto is released during the season of Summer Kimo dameshi(*1), I visited one of these spots, Yokai Street at Ichijyo dori.
今月号は夏の肝試し(*1)の季節ということで、京都の魔界スポットの一つである一条通の妖怪ストリートを訪れた。The stone falls in the hands of Kenta by chance and this cause him and his elder sister, Mika(Inoue Mao) to be chased by Kuko, a Yokai who schemes to dominate both worlds of Yokai and human beings.
おかげで健太と姉の実花(井上真央)は、妖怪界と人間界の支配を企む妖怪・空狐から追われるはめに。I remember one that especially caught my fancy was Obake no tokkebi.* This is the story of a yokai of the Korean peninsula, and it was really quite frightening.
特に心に残っている本のひとつが『お化けのトッケビ』*1。朝鮮半島の妖怪の話なのですが、怖かったですね。Today's yokai is related to Tuesday's yosuzume. And it is another dog yokai, for all of you dog lovers out there!
This is a very relaxing space perfect for taking a tea break after sightseeing and shopping, surrounded by adorable yokai.
ゆったりできる空間なので、買い物や観光でひとまわりした後に、妖怪たちに囲まれた空間でお茶を飲みながら一息いれるにはぴったりの場所だ。
