鬼

Rare term

death register; necrology

vampire; bloodsucker

bloodthirsty killer; cold-blooded murderer; homicidal maniac

evil spirit; demon; devil

Derogatory

damn kids; brats

Abbreviation

suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows

Word usually written using kana alone; Colloquial

brat; kid; urchin; little devil

Buddhism; Orig. meaning

preta; hungry ghost

appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom

ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul

Idiomatic expression

to harden one's heart; to steel oneself

imp; elf; pixie; goblin; devilkin

nightly procession of monsters, spirits, etc.

veritable pandemonium; large number of people plotting and doing evil; creepy characters roaming about

red-horned demon; red ogre

brat

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

perversity; perverse person; contrary person; contrarian

antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore

demon under the feet of temple guardian statues

ground cherry (Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii); husk tomato; Chinese lantern plant

children's noisemaking toy

man-eating fiend

serial killer

(horned) blue demon; blue ogre

inscrutable stratagem; ingenious scheme

devil; imp; evil spirit

Derogatory

stupid brat; son of a bitch

traditional winter hunters in Tōhoku; matagi

Buddhism

hungry ghost (preta) realm