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  2. Mizuchi - Wikipedia

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    Compare Japanese kōryū or kōryō 蛟竜 "rain dragon; hidden genius; Kaiten torpedo". Noragami (manga, anime) – the character Nora is called Mizuchi by Father and is frequently shown walking over water. Spirited Away (anime, movie) – the character Haku looks like a Mizuchi and he is a river spirit.

  3. List of legendary creatures from Japan - Wikipedia

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    A famous reptilian water monster with a water-filled head and a love of cucumbers. Karasu-tengu A low-ranking tengu that looks like an anthropomorphic bird. Karura A divine anthropomorphic eagle akin to the Hindu Garuda. Kasa-obake A paper-umbrella monster that is sometimes considered a tsukumogami. Kasha

  4. List of Japanese deities - Wikipedia

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    Kuraokami (闇龗) is a legendary Japanese dragon and Shinto deity of rain and snow. Kushinadahime; Kuzuryū, minor water deity. [21] Mizuhanome, water kami. [23] Moreya (洩矢神) Nakisawame, kami born from Izanagi's tears after his wife's death. [24] Nesaku, a star god. [21] Oshirasama (おしら様)

  5. Radical 85 - Wikipedia

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    Radical 85 or radical water (水部) meaning 'water' is a Kangxi radical; one of 35 of the 214 that are composed of 4 strokes. Its left-hand form, 氵 , is closely related to Radical 15 , 冫 bīng (also known as 两点水 liǎngdiǎnshuǐ ), meaning "ice", from which it differs by the addition of just one stroke.

  6. Kappa (folklore) - Wikipedia

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    Kappa, and creatures based on them, are recurring characters in Japanese tokusatsu films and television shows. Examples include the kappas in the Daiei / Kadokawa series Yokai Monsters , the 2010 kaiju film Death Kappa , [ 39 ] [ 40 ] and "King Kappa", a kaiju from the 1972 Tsuburaya Productions series Ultraman Ace .

  7. List of jōyō kanji - Wikipedia

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    The list is sorted by Japanese reading (on'yomi in katakana, then kun'yomi in hiragana), in accordance with the ordering in the official Jōyō table. This list does not include characters that were present in older versions of the list but have since been removed (勺, 銑, 脹, 錘, 匁).

  8. Kuraokami - Wikipedia

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    The name Kuraokami combines kura 闇 "dark; darkness; closed" and okami 龗 "dragon tutelary of water". This uncommon kanji (o)kami or rei 龗, borrowed from the Chinese character ling 龗 "rain-dragon; mysterious" (written with the "rain" radical 雨, 3 口 "mouths", and a phonetic of long 龍 "dragon") is a variant Chinese character for Japanese rei < Chinese ling 靈 "rain-prayer ...

  9. Umibōzu - Wikipedia

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    Funayūrei use ladles to drown sailors in some Japanese legends while some accounts of umibōzu claim it appears with a ladle for the same purpose. The only way to escape from an umibōzu safely is to give it a bottomless barrel, such that it cannot scoop up water, thereby giving the sailors a chance to escape. While it is confused and ...