Meanings
Noun
1. ogre; demon; oni
2. spirit of a deceased person
3. Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
when read as "き"
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (21 in total)
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
① 人間の生き血を吸う怪物。ヴァンパイア。アンデッドの一種とされることがある。② 他人を情け容赦することなく苦しめ無慈悲に利益をむさぼり吸い上げる人。金貸し、搾取者など。
appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom
Examples (2 in total)
There are no demons in this world.
The demons came out all at once to capture their prey.