Vocabulary

tengu

天狗(てんぐ)

Samraworld Dictionary

(1) Noun

a mythical mountain spirit in Japanese folklore

日本(にっぽん)伝承(でんしょう)登場(とうじょう)する(やま)精霊(せいれい)伝説(でんせつ)(じょう)存在(そんざい)

Examples

  1. The temple had a statue of a tengu near the gate.
  2. In old stories, tengu are powerful mountain beings.

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