鬼

Manchurian walnut (Juglans mandshurica)

scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis cirrhosa); hairy stingfish

Idiomatic expression

playing while the cat is away; taking a break while the boss is out; doing what one wants when one is (finally) alone; relaxing while the demon is out

oceanic manta ray (Manta birostris); giant oceanic manta ray

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)

Proverb; Abbreviation

even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (manga, anime)

common fangtooth (Anoplogaster cornuta)

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

Proverb

a horrible man will find a horrible wife

prickly water lily

kanji "demon" radical

Oriental false hawksbeard (Youngia japonica)

great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda)

prickly sow-thistle (Sonchus asper); sharp-fringed sow thistle; spiny sow thistle; spiny-leaved sow thistle

greater bandicoot rat (Bandicota indica)

Colloquial

e-mailing or texting someone many times

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

wooden board used on the ridge-ends of a roof instead of an onigawara tile (sometimes covered in copper sheeting)

Proverb

just as even coarse tea tastes good when fresh, even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth

Recital chanted on Setsubun during the bean-scattering ceremony

out with the demon, in with fortune; devils out, good luck in

Formal or literary term; 'taru' adjective

spine-chilling (like the wailing and weeping of a restless ghost); hair-raising

reef stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa); stonefish; devilfish