夜叉
Chinese
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夜 | 叉 | |
Pronunciation
Noun
夜叉
Derived terms
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Japanese
夜叉 (yasha): a male and female yaksha.
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| 夜 | 叉 |
| や Grade: 2 |
しゃ Jinmeiyō |
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Etymology
From Middle Chinese 夜叉 (yæH cha?), itself a transliteration of Sanskrit यक्ष (yakṣa).[1][2]
Noun
夜叉 (hiragana やしゃ, rōmaji yasha, historical hiragana やしや)
- yaksha, a broad class of nature spirits or minor deities who appear in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain mythology. May be male or female, benevolent or malevolent.
- (Buddhism) in Buddhism, yakshas are held to be followers of 毘沙門天 (Bishamonten, “Vaiśravaṇa, the chief of the Four Heavenly Kings”), and guardians of the north
- (figuratively) a demon
- あの女の子は怒るとまさに夜叉のようだよ。
- Ano onna no ko wa okoru to masa ni yasha no yō da yo.
- When that girl gets angry, she's a real demon.
- あの女の子は怒るとまさに夜叉のようだよ。
Idioms
Idioms
- 夜叉が馬を見たよう (yasha ga uma o mita yō): "like when the yaksha saw the horse" → an expression of extreme happiness, from a story of a yaksha who lost his horse
Synonyms
- 薬叉 (yakusha)
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 夜叉五倍子 (yashabushi): Alnus firma, a type of alder tree
- 夜叉竹 (yashadake): Semiarundinaria yashadake, a type of bamboo
- 夜叉柄杓 (yashabishaku): Ribes ambiguum, a type of flowering plant related to currants and gooseberry
- 夜叉薇 (yashazenmai): Osmunda lancea, the Japanese lancea flowering fern
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