鬼

unlucky quarter (southwest)

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Sword Devil (collection of short stories by Renzaburō Shibata and 1965 film)

Formal or literary term

wailings of a restless ghost; weeping voice of a departed soul

gods and demons; divine spirits and souls of the dead

one with (spiritual) power beyond that of humans

fierce god

cruel creditor; bill collector

freeze tag (children's game)

hide-and-seek and tag; children's game where the participants first hide, then run away from the seeker

Colloquial

calling someone over the phone many times

hard shell of a nut, etc.

unusual move that catches the opponent by surprise (in go, shogi, etc.)

devil stinger (Inimicus japonicus)

unsympathetic manager; section chief with a heart of stone

protruding tooth (like a fang)

crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci)

鬼胎 only

anxiety; concern; (secret) fear

Esp. 奇胎

(hydatidiform) mole

gods or demons that cause epidemics

color tag (children's game)

Manchurian walnut (Juglans mandshurica)

Abbreviation; Astronomy; Sometimes read たまをのぼし or たまほめぼし

Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

"day of the ghost"

witch's milk (milk secreted by some neonates)

Mahjong

skilled mahjong player

common fangtooth (Anoplogaster cornuta)

"day of the ghost" (an extremely auspicious day on the lunar calendar for everything but weddings)

prickly water lily