Kimetsu no Yaiba
鬼滅の刃
きめつのやいば
literallyblade of demon destruction
The Japanese title of the series. JMdict returns the English release title for this entry, so the literal reading is given by hand.
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The same characters show up in everyday Japanese. This is where one anime word turns into ten real ones.
鬼
- 鬼おにogre
- 吸血鬼きゅうけつきvampire
- 鬼神きしんfierce god
- 鬼ごっこおにごっこtag
滅
- 絶滅ぜつめつextinction
- 消滅しょうめつextinction
- 壊滅かいめつdestruction
- 撲滅ぼくめつeradication
- 隠滅いんめつdestruction
刃
- 刃物はものedged tool
- 刃はedge
- 刃渡りはわたりlength of a blade
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