骨女
Japanese
骨女 (hone onna): a bone woman from Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 骨 | 女 |
| ほね Grade: 6 | おんな Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi | |
Noun
骨女 (hiragana ほねおんな, rōmaji hone onna)
- (mythology, Shinto): a bone woman: a female apparition who appears as a skeletal woman
See also
- 雪女 (yuki onna): a woman who perished out in the snow
- 雨女 (ame onna): a woman whose presence always seems to bring rain