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The sound-symbolic words of Japanese can be classified into four main categories: [4] [5] Animate phonomime (擬声語, giseigo) words that mimic sounds made by living things, like a dog's bark (wan-wan). Inanimate phonomime (擬音語, giongo) words that mimic sounds made by inanimate objects, like wind blowing or rain falling (zā-zā).
The Touhou Project characters Satori Komeiji and her younger sister Koishi Komeiji are both satori, although Koishi cannot read minds.; In Kamen Rider Hibiki, a Makamou has the same name as this yōkai and is introduced as one of the final villains of the last episode of the TV series, albeit it does not feature a monkey.
A Japanese urban legend dating back to the Taishō period, that saw a significant resurgence after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, is a trend of taxi drivers who say that they picked up a passenger, often drenched or cold, who then disappears before reaching their destination, often leaving behind evidence of their presence such as a ...
A Japanese chimera with the features of the beasts from the Chinese Zodiac: a rat's head, rabbit ears, ox horns, a horse's mane, a rooster's comb, a sheep's beard, a dragon's neck, a back like that of a boar, a tiger's shoulders and belly, monkey arms, a dog's hindquarters, and a snake's tail. Koto-furunushi
Yūrei from the Hyakkai Zukan, c. 1737. Yūrei are figures in Japanese folklore analogous to the Western concept of ghosts.The name consists of two kanji, 幽 (yū), meaning "faint" or "dim" and 霊 (rei), meaning "soul" or "spirit".
An artist's depiction of Teke Teke. Teke Teke (テケテケ), [1] also spelled Teke-Teke, [2] Teketeke, [3] or Teke teke, [1] is a Japanese urban legend about the ghost of a schoolgirl, where her body was split in half by a train after she had become stuck.
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Dark Play) and Theater of Darkness is a Japanese anime television series. The first season was directed by Tomoya Takashima, with scripts written by Hiromu Kumamoto and produced by ILCA. Each episode was animated to mimic the kamishibai method of story-telling. The series is organized into a collection of shorts with each episode being only a ...