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yuki-onna

yuki-onna noun: japanese snow spirit; the spirit of a woman who perished out in the snow during the winter months, said to return during the winter months to lure lost souls to their deaths.

Noun

yuki-onna (plural yuki-onna)

  1. Japanese snow spirit; the spirit of a woman who perished out in the snow during the winter months, said to return during the winter months to lure lost souls to their deaths.

Forms of yuki-onna

pluralyuki-onna

Origin of yuki-onna

Borrowed from Japanese 雪女 (yukionna).

Questions about yuki-onna

What does yuki-onna mean?
Yuki-onna means japanese snow spirit; the spirit of a woman who perished out in the snow during the winter months, said to return during the winter months to lure lost souls to their deaths.
What part of speech is yuki-onna?
Yuki-onna is a noun.
What is the plural of yuki-onna?
The plural of yuki-onna is yuki-onna.

Words near yuki-onna in the dictionary

  1. yuked
  2. yukes
  3. yukgaejang
  4. yukhoe
  5. Yuki
  6. yuki-onna
  7. Yukian
  8. Yukie
  9. Yukies
  10. yukigassen
  11. Yukiko

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