鬼

Colloquial

brat; kid; urchin; little devil

Character

Akuma (Street Fighter)

work fiend; devil for work

ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon; monster; goblin

leader of the pack (of a group of kids); neighborhood bully (neighbourhood)

Buddhism

service for the benefit of suffering spirits

unlucky quarter (southwest)

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

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

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

game of (blindfolded) tag similar to the children's swimming pool game "Marco Polo"

Buddhist services in memory of those drowned in a river; offering to suffering spirits at the river

gods or demons that cause epidemics

Jocular, humorous term

sorry; beg pardon; much obliged

color tag (children's game)

Proverb

suspicion begets monsters

Mahjong

skilled mahjong player

Japanese mythology

ushi-oni; mythical ox-headed monster

Proverb

better the devil you know than the devil you don't know; better the ogre you know than the god you don't

death register; necrology

Proverb

all people aren't evil; don't distrust everyone; there is kindness to be found everywhere

wicked and perverse; weird and incoherent