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. fan, hand fan (oogi 扇　- uchiwa　団扇） .
more than 70 to explore


fuchi, -buchi 淵 / 渕 river pool
. Kappabuchi, Kappa-buchi 河童淵 / カッパ淵 / 河童が渕 .
渕 200 legends to explore
淵 more than 700 legends to explore


. Fudo Myo-O 不動様 in legends and tales .


. fugu 河豚 blowfish - Takifugu porphyreus .
4 to explore (Minato ward legends)
4 hari senbon ハリセンボン

. fuji no ki 藤の木 wisteria tree legends .
7 to collect

. Fujisan, Fujiyama 富士山と伝説 Legends about Mount Fuji .
八ヶ岳,富士山 / 金北山,富士山 / びわ湖の土,富士山,三上山 / ダイラボウ (ダイダラボッチ) , , ,
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. Fukagawa 深川 Koto ward, Tokyo - Legends .

. Fuku no Kami 福の神 God of Good Luck / Fukusuke 福助 .
18 to collect

. fukuro, fukuroo, fukurō 梟 / フクロウ owl, Eule .
17 フクロウ to explore / 15 梟

. funadama 船玉 / 船霊 / 船魂 guardian deity of a boat - Legends .
more than 50 to explore

. fundoshi ふんどし / 褌 loincloth, underwear for men in Edo .
10 ふんどし to explore / 10 褌


. furoshiki 風呂敷 cotton cloth wrapper legends .
47 to collect

. furusato ふるさと / 故郷、/ 古里 hometown, Heimat .
38 to explore

. Fuujin 風神 Fujin、Fuuten 風天 Futen - 風神伝説　Wind God Legends . .
- Kamaitachi 鎌鼬（かまいたち） "sickle weasel" to explore



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. gama 蝦蟇と伝説 Legends about toads .
many to explore

. ganbyoo 眼病 Ganbyo, eye disease .
40 to collect

. gangu 玩具, omochcha おもちゃ toy, toys .
more than 200 legends to explore, including mingu 民具
- - - - - hariko 張子 /　張り子 papermachee doll legends .

. gantan 元旦 first day of the New Year .
- 51 collecting


. genkaku 幻覚と伝説 Legends about hallucinations .
17 to translate

. geri 下痢と伝説 Legends about dysentery, diarrhea - Durchfall .
sekiri 赤痢 bloody dysentery


. geta 下駄 wooden clogs .
117 to explore

. gingko, itcho 銀杏 gingko biloba tree .
41 to collect


gohanご飯 / manma マンマ rice
79 to explore

. gohei 御幣 - nusa - a ritual wand .
41 to explore

. Gokuraku 極楽 Legends about the Buddhist Paradise .
26 to explore

. Gold and Silver Mines - kinzan 金山 ginzan 銀山 . *

. goma 胡麻 sesame .
14 to explore


gosai　後妻 / nochizoi 後添い
40 後妻 / 01後添
. gosai of Lord Takanobe Ienari 高野辺家成, Gunma .


. goshiki 五色と伝説 Legends about the five ritual colors .

. goze 女盲, ごぜ, ゴゼ, 瞽女 blind woman .
36 to explore

. guhin kuhin gubin 狗賓 / グヒン Guhin Tengu Yokai monster .
about 30 to explore

. Gyoki Bosatsu 行基菩薩 (668-749) .
40 to collect



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. Hachiman Legends about Hachiman Shrines 八幡宮　/ 八幡神社 . *
- and - Minamoto no Yoshiie Hachimantaro 源八幡太郎義家 (1039 - 1106) *

. Hachirootaroo 八郎太郎 Hachirotaro, Hachiro-Taro .
14 to explore

. hagoromo 羽衣 feather mantle of a heavenly maiden .
19 to explore

. hahako 母子 / 母と子 mother and child . *
24 to explore

. haibyoo 肺病と伝説 Haibyo, Legends about lung diseases .
16 to explore

. Hakozaki 箱崎 Hakozaki cities and their legends .


. hakuba 白馬と伝説 Legends about a white horse .

. hakuroku 白鹿 white deer, white stag legends .

. hakuun 白雲 Haku-Un "White Cloud" . 白雲院 Haku-Un In, Osaka
17 白雲 to explore


. hamaguri 蛤 (はまぐり) clamshell, hard clam .
14 to explore

. Hamamatsu 浜松 town in Shizuoka .
76 to explore

. hamo 鱧 pike conger eel / 鱣 sen .
to explore

. hanabi 花火 firework legends .

. ha no kamisama 歯の神様 Deity of Teeth .
hagami san 歯神さん / ハガミサン - / 10 to explore

. Hannya Shingyoo 般若心経 Hanya Shingyo Heart Sutra - Legends .

. harae　祓 purification ritual .
134 to collect
. Harunasan 榛名山と伝説 Legends about Mount Haruna . - Gunma

. hashi 橋 bridge / Onibashi 鬼橋 Demon Bridge . *

. hashi 箸と伝説 Legends about chopsticks .
138 to collect

. hassaku hassaku 八朔 Legends about the first of August .
12 to collect

. hato 鳩 dove, pidgeon - Taube .
- yamabato 山鳩 "mountain dove"

. hayariyamai はやり病 / 流行病と伝説 Legends about epidemics .
26 collecting


. hebi 蛇と伝説 Legends about snakes and serpents .
2374 蛇 (00) to collect

. Heian Period Legends (794 to 1185) 平安時代の伝説 .

. henro 遍路 pilgrims, also in Shikoku .
30 to collect

. heso 臍と伝説 Legends about navel, belly button, Nabel .
30 to explore

. heso no o へその緒と伝説 Legends about the umbilical cord .
13 to explore


. hibashira 火柱と伝説 Legends about a pillar of fire .
65 to explore

. hibuse 火防と伝説 Legends about fire prevention .
14 to explore

. Hida no takumi 飛騨の匠 master carpenters - Gifu .

. Hidarugami ヒダル神 The Hunger Gods. .
41 to explore / Darashi ダラシ 9 to explore

. Hidari Jingoro 左甚五郎 - legendary carpenter .

. hideri 日照り / kanbatsu 旱魃　drought legends, Trockenheit .
90 collecting

. Hideyoshi - Toyotomi Hideyoshi 豊臣秀吉 / Taiko Hideyoshi 太閤秀吉 .
(1537 - 1598) Hashiba Hideyoshi　羽柴秀吉　

. higoi 緋鯉と伝説 / ヒゴイ Legends about the Red Carp .

. hihi 狒々/ 狒狒 / 比々 Hihi Baboon Monster Legends .
16 to explore

. hijiri　ひじり 【聖】 ヒジリ ”holy man", mendicant monk legends .

. hikigaeru 蝦蟇 / ひきがえる / ヒキガエル toad legends .
to explore

. Hikyaku, hikyaku 飛脚　伝説　legends about fast running messengers .
33 to explore

. hi matsuri 火祭り fire festival legends .
8 to collect

. himonoshi 檜物師 "artisan making things from Hinoki cypress wood" .
2 檜物屋 to explore

. hina 雛 / お雛様 / 烏の雛 Hina dolls and chicks . *

. hinawa 火縄 rope to make fire .
17 legends to explore

. hinotama, hi no tama 火の玉と伝説 Legends about fire balls .
- ball of fire, more than 400 to explore
. hinotama from Ehime with Tengu .
kanetama カネ玉 "money ball"

. hishikui 鵁 bean goose (Anser fabalis) .
and - ichoo 異鳥 a strange bird

. Hita 日田市 - Bungo no Kuni Hita 豊後国日田 . * Oita
17 to explore

. hitobashira 人柱 / ikenie 生贄 / 生け贄 human sacrifice .

. hitodama 人魂 / 人玉と伝説 Legends about the human soul .
tamabi 魂火 fireball of a soul, human fireball
197 人魂 to collect
23 人玉 to ecplore


. Hokekyoo, Hokkekyoo 法華経 Hokekyo, Lotus Sutra Legends .
22 to explore


. hooju 宝珠 Hoju, wish-fulfilling jewel - cintamani .
19 to explore

. hooki 箒 / ほうき Hoki, broom, Besen .
117 to collect

. Hookigami, Hōkigami 箒神 Hokigami, Hahakigami - the Broom Deity .

. Horai 蓬莱 sacred mountain and island - Legends .

. Hoosoogami, Hoosooshin 疱瘡神 Hosogami, God of Smallpox .
25 legends to explore / smallpox 疱瘡 69 legends to explore


. hoozuki ホウズキ - 鬼燈 － 鬼灯 - ほうずき Chinese lantern plant .


. horagai 法螺貝 conch shell legends .
31 to collect

. hotaru 蛍 firetlies, firefly .
33 to collect

. Hotei 布袋 the deity Pu-Tai .
7 to explore

. hototogisu 杜魂 /蜀魂 little cuckoo .
時鳥 04 / ホトトギス 15 / ほととぎす 07 / 杜鵑 06 to explore

. Hot Springs 温泉 Onsen legends .

. hyakunichizeki 百日咳/ 百日せき と伝説 Legends about whooping cough, pertussis .
20 to explore

. hyootan 瓢箪 Hyotan, gourd .
25 to explore



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. ibotori 疣取り / イボ取り / いぼとり take away warts . *

. ichoo いちょうの木 Icho, Gingko biloba tree .
6 to explore

. igo 囲碁 the game of Go .
8 legends to explore

. ihai 位牌 Buddhist mortuary tablet, .
29 to explore
- - - - - tatariyama 崇り山 the cursed mountain
Mount ミタマ山 Mitamayama is also called Ihaiyama 位牌山 because of its form looking like a Buddhist mortuary tablet, 位牌.


イイズナ 飯綱 Iizuna, Mustela nivalis, common weasel and Mount Iizuna
23 to explore

. ijuu 異獣 Iju Monster Animals .

. huge monster animal with eight legs - Hokkaido 北海道 .
. 吉祥寺村 Kichijomura, Kyoto .


. ike no nushi 池の主 the master of the pond, "Pond Deity" .

. Inari 稲荷と伝説 Legends about the Fox Deity .
400 to collect

. inoko 亥の子 / イノコ / 亥子　the "young wild boar" Legends .
Tanokami 田の神 is also called inokami, i no kami 亥の神 God of the Boar

. inoshishi 猪　/ イノシシ　wild boar legends .
108 to collect / inoshishi and Tengu

. inu 犬 dog legends .
13 shiroinu 白犬 white dog - one with Nichiren
more than 1000 to collect

. Inugami 犬神 "Dog Deity" wolf .

. irori 囲炉裏 / 居炉裏 / いろり open sunken hearth .
100 to collect


. Ise Jingu 伊勢神宮 Grand Ise Shrine .
Ise 伊勢 - 伊勢の神様 - 伊勢様 - 伊勢踊 and more
318 to collect

. Ise Mairi, Isemairi 伊勢参り Pilgrimage to Ise - Legends .

. ishi doorooo 石灯篭、石燈籠、石燈篭 Ishidoro, stone lantern legends .
tōrō, tooroo 灯篭 Toro stone and other lanterns / sekidoro, sekitoro
9 to translate

. ishigaki 石垣 stone wall. .
78 to collect

. Itabashi ku 板橋区 Itabashi ward - Tokyo .

. itachi　鼬、イタチ weasel .
64 to explore

. iwashi 鰯と伝説 Legends about sardines - Sardinen .
50 to collect

. Izumo taisha 出雲大社 Izumo Grand Shrine - Shimane .
10 出雲大社 (01)
212 出雲 (00)


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. janjanbi じゃんじゃん火 / ジャンジャン火 Janjan fire legends from Nara .
- to explore


. jishin 地震 earthquake legends, Erdbeben .
59 to explore

. Jizoo, Jizo Bosatsu 地蔵菩薩 Legends .

. Jizoo Doo, Jizodo 地蔵堂 Jizo-Do Hall Legends .


. jumon 呪文 と伝説 Legends about magic spells .
64 to collect

jumyoo 寿命 lifespan, 寿命が長くなる long life
27 to explore
. Yamanokami, Nagano 原村 Hara village .



. juubako 重箱 Jubako, food box with many layers .
67 to explore

. juunisama, jūni sama 十二様 Juni Sama "Honorable 12" deities - Legends .



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kabuto 兜 helmet
. Masakado no kabuto 将門の兜 the helmet of Masakado .
18 to explore

. kadomatsu 門松と伝説 Legends about pine decorations .
51 to collect

. kaeru 蛙 / かえる frog, toad .
124 to collect
- - . wakudo iwa わくど岩 the Frog Rock .
Wakudo わくど is the local Fukuoka dialect for frog or toad.


. kagami 鏡 mirrors and legends .
- Matsuyama kagami 松山鏡 The Mirror from Matsuyama

. Kagamigaike, Kagami-ga-Ike 鏡ヶ池 Legends about a Mirror Pond .

. kagebooshi 影法師 Kageboshi, long shadow of a person .
8 to collect

. kago 篭 / 駕籠 / かご palanquin, sedan chair .
17 駕籠 to explore
59 篭 collecting
294 籠 collecting

. kagura 神楽 Kagura dance .
69 to explore (01)


kai / ..gai 貝 all kinds of shells - Muscheln
180 to explore
. takasegai 高瀬貝 trocas shells, Trochus .
to explore

. kaichoo 開帳 Kaicho, public viewing of a Buddha statue .
18 legends

. kaidoo 街道 Kaido highway roads - legends .
- Edo Gokaidoo 江戸五街道 Gokaidō - five highways starting from Edo
87 to collect

kaika, kechibi 怪火 / hi no tama 火の玉 Kaika, atmospheric ghost lights
- see hinotama fireball legends
65 to explore

. kaiko 蚕 silk worms - kuwa 桑 mulberry tree .
- kuwa - 184 legends to explore -
kaiko 蚕 102 legends to explore

. kajiya　鍛冶屋 kajishi　鍛冶師 blacksmith .
37 to explore

. kakashi 案山子 scarecrow .
- to explore / and deity Kuebiko (久延毘古)

. kakejiku 掛け軸 hanging scroll .
15 to explore


. kaki 火気 と伝説 Legends about fire .

. kaki 柿 persimmon - Diospyros kaki - Sharon Fruit legends .
141 to explore


. kama, kamado 竈 kitchen hearth .
54 to collect

. kame 亀と伝説 Legends about turtles, tortoise - Schildkröte .
and reiki 霊亀 a mysterious turtle, spirit turtle, divine turtle
458 to collect
- - - - - . minogame 蓑亀 minokame, "turtle with a raincoat"- legends .


. kamidana 神棚　household Shinto altar, "shelf for the Gods" .
110 to explore

. kamikakushi, kami-kakushi 神かくし / カミカクシ / 神隠し "spirited away".
113 to explore

. kamikaze 神風 divine wind .
08 to explore


. kaminari 雷と伝説 Legends about Thunder and Thunderbolts .

. kamo 鴨と伝説 legends about ducks .
50 to explore

. kamon 家紋 family crest, shinmon 神紋 Shrine crest .

. Kamuro 禿 / カムロ child attendant of a courtesan .
20 translate and explore - and hage 禿げ bald

. kane 鐘と伝説 Legends about the temple bell .
more than 200 to explore / hanging temple bell, tsurigane 釣鐘 / bronze bell, dootaku 銅鐸 / small bell, suzu　鈴

. kani　かに /　蟹　と伝説 Legends about crabs .
124 to explore / 鬼蟹,鬼面蟹,平家蟹 / 大蟹 /

. kanju manju 干珠満珠 the tide jewels .

. Kanmu Tennō 桓武天皇 Emperor Kanmu Tenno Legends .

. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Legends . 　
many to explore / 19 十一面観音

. kannushi　神主 Shinto priest .
108 to collect

. Kano Hoogen 狩野法眼 Kano Hogen / Kano Eitoku 狩野 永徳 . *

. kanoke 棺桶 coffin, casket .
42 legends to explore


. Kappa densetsu　河童伝説 Legends about the Water Goblin .
collecting

. karasu　鴉 / 烏と伝説　legends about crow, raven . *
200 to explore

. Karukaya 苅萱 an illustrated book .

. kashi no ki カシの木 / 樫 oak tree .
42 樫 to explore
4 カシの木

. Kasuga Daimyôjin 春日大明神 Kasuga Daimyojin .

. Kasuri 絣 Ikat pattern and legends .

. kataba no ashi, kataha no ashi 片葉の葦 One-sided Reed .
12 to explore

. katsuo 鰹 bonito . / maguro　鮪 (まぐろ) tuna fish
20 to collect

. katsura 桂と伝説 Legends about the Katsura tree .

. kawauso, uso 川獺 / カワウソ / 獺 river otter .
135 カワウソ to explore / 08 川獺 / 26 獺

. kawayagami, benjogami 厠の神 God of the Toilet .
10 to explore


. kaya 榧 torreya tree .
10 to explore

. kaya 蚊帳 mosquito net .
32 to explore

. kayu 粥 rice gruel .
109 to collect

. kazan 火山 volcano, volcanic eruption .
funka 噴火 10 to explore
kazan 火山 2 to explore
焼火山権現 2 to explore
火山弾 1 to explore

. kaze 風邪と伝説 Legends about catching a cold .
56 風邪 collecting


kechiyama ケチヤマ / ケチ山 / ケ山 mountain off-limmits /// ケチ地 area off-limits.
. Shizuoka 両河内村 Ryogochi village legend .
11 to exopore

. Keiko Tenno 景行天皇 .
12 to collect

. kekkon　結婚 konrei　婚礼 marriage in Edo . *
more than 100 to explore

. kenmun ケンムン / けんもん kenmon hinotoragami ヒノトラガミ Yokai from Kagoshima .
to translate

. kesa 袈裟 priest robes .
36 collecting


. kiji 雉と伝説 legends about pheasant - Fasan .
36 to explore

. kijishi 木地師 / kijiya 木地屋 wood workers, wood dealers .
40 to explore

. kikin 飢饉 famine - Hungersnot .
29 to explore

. kiku 菊と伝説 Legends about chrysanthemum .
278 to collect

. kimon 鬼門の鬼伝説　Oni Demon Gate Legends .

kingyo 金魚 goldfish
3 to explore

. kinkei 金鶏と伝説 Legends about the golden rooster .
to translate

. kiseru 煙管 / キセル long pipe .
14 to explore

. Kishibojin, Kishimojin 鬼子母神と伝説 Legends about the deity Kishibojin .

. kitamakura 北枕 pillow for a dead person .
21 to explore
- Living people should never sleep with their pillow facing north. This is the position for placing a dead body in the home, before the funeral.

. kitooshi, kitōshi 祈祷師と伝説 Kitoshi, Legends about Shamans .
136 to explore

. kitsune 狐 the fox in Japanese culture and tales .
- - - - - and Inari　稲荷　the Fox Deity
- collecting

. kitsunebi 狐火と伝説 Legends about the "fox fire" .



. kobiki 木挽 / 木挽き timber cutters .
31 to explore

. kofun 古墳 burial mound, tumulus . *

. koi 鯉 と伝説 Legends about carps - Karpfen .
85 to explore

. kojiki 乞食 beggar - and Haiku .
92 to collect

. kokeshi　こけし　wooden dolls in the tales .

. Kokuuzoo, Kokūzō 虚空蔵菩薩 Kokuzo Bosatsu Akashagarbha Legends .
27 to explore

. Komagata 駒形 Legends from places named Komagata .


. komainu, koma-inu 狛犬 / 高麗犬 / 胡麻犬 "Korean Dog" legends .

komedawara 米俵 rice bale
16 to explore


. komusoo 虚無僧 Komuso begging monks .
and Shakuhachi flute 尺八

. Konjin, Konjin Sama 　金神, 金神様 deity of metal .
konjin sama 金神様 7 / 金神 27

. konoshiro コノシロ / このしろ Konosirus punctatus - fish legends .


. Koobo Daishi Kuukai 弘法大師　空海 - 伝説 Kobo Daishi Kukai Legends .

. Kōjimachi 麹町 / 麴町 Kojimachi district in Edo .

. Koojinsama, Koojin sama, Aragami sama 荒神様 Kôjin, Kojin legends .
192 to collect

. koomori 蝙蝠 legends about Bats .

. Kōmyō shingon 光明真言 Komyo Shingon - Mantra of Light - Legends .
- and temples named Komyo-Ji 光明寺

. Koorai, Kŏrai, Goryeo 高麗 Korai - Legends related to Korea .
9 to explore *

. kooshin 庚申伝説 Legends about the Koshin Cult .
. . . . . Shōmen Kongō 青面金剛 Shomen Kongo
175 to collect

. koozui 洪水 flood, flooding .
111 to collect
demizu 出水 17 to explore

. kori 狐狸と伝説 Legends about fox and Tanuki badger .
100 to explore

korori コロリ cholera / （コレラ）
10 to explore

. koshimaki 腰巻 underwear for ladies .
35 to explore /// and fundoshi 褌 loincloth 19 to explore

. kosodate yurei 子育て幽霊 a ghost rearing a child .
15 子育て幽霊 to explore

. kozoo 小僧と伝説 Kozo, Legends about temple acolytes and youngsters .
- namikozoo 波小僧 Namikozo Kappa / Tōfu kozō 豆腐小僧 Tofu Kozo, The Tofu Boy
307 to collect

kuchibue 口笛 whistling
44 legends to explore / one from Toyama

. kudan 件 と伝説 Legends about the Kudan Yokai .
98 to collect

. kugi 釘 nail, Nagel - and curses のろい . . . . *
100 to explore

. kujaku 孔雀 peacock .
4 to explore

. kujira 鯨 whale, Walfisch Legends .
71 legends to explore

. kuko 枸杞 wolfsberry, Lycium rhombifolium .
12 to explore

. kuma　くま / 熊 と伝説 Legends about bears .
熊　973 items to explore
クマ　165

. Kumano 熊野 - Legends about Kumano .
190 to collect

. kumo 蜘蛛と伝説 Legends about spiders / Spinnen .
more than 100 to explore / tsuchigumo 土蜘蛛 earth spider, ground spider - Yokai

. Kurama　鞍馬と伝説 Legends about Mount Kurama, Kyoto .
35 鞍馬 to explore

. kuri 栗 sweet chestnut .
24 栗の木 chestnut tree (02)

. kushi　櫛 comb, Kamm .
48 to explore

. kusuri-uri　薬売り selling all kinds of medicine .
8 to collect

. kuwa 鍬 hoe, plough . *
76 to explore

kuyoo 供養 memorial service
36 to collect

. kyozuka 経塚と伝説 Legends about a sutra mound .
16 collecting
kyuu 灸 moxibustion
32 to explore
. Hitachibo Kaison Sennin 常陸坊海尊仙人 and moxibustion .

. kyuuri キュウリ / 胡瓜 Kyuri, cucumber, Gurken .
46 to collect

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. mabiki 間引きと伝説 Legends about "thinning out" - killing babies .

. maguro 鮪 (まぐろ) tuna fish .
25 to collect

. makuragaeshi 枕返し pillow turner, pillow flipper 枕小僧　makura kozō .
- - - - - makuragami 枕神 "god of the pillow" / yumemakura 夢枕 and more

mamako 継子 stepchild
16 to explore

. mamono 魔物 monster, ogre, devil, evil spirit, demon .
- - - - - madoo 魔道 - まどう / mamono no toorimichi 魔物の通り道 mado, road where monsters pass

. mamorigami 守り神 protector deities, tutelary deities legends .


. manjuu 饅頭と伝説 Legends about Manju steamed buns .
45 to collect

. Marishiten 摩利支天 .
19 to explore

. masu 升 / 桝 measuring cup .
桝 31 legends / 升 99 - collecting

. matagi 又鬼 - マタギ と伝説 Legends about bear hunters .
36 to explore

. matsu 松と伝説 Legends about the pine tree / 松の木 matsu no ki .
akamatsu 赤松 Japanese red pine
- collecting

. Matsuyama town in Ehime 松山 愛媛県 .
26 to explore

. meido めいど【冥土 / 冥途】the Netherworld legends .
9 to translate

mekago 目籠 woven bamboo basket
. mekago tate 目籠立 putting up a bamboo basket .
85 to collect

. mi み【箕】 winnow for grain .
61 to explore

. migawari 身代わり the deities substitute for us - Legends .
50 to collect

. mikan 蜜柑 (みかん) mandarin orange, tangerine .
18 to collect

. miko 巫女 shrine maiden, female shrine attendant .
115 to explore

. mikogami 御子神 / ミコ神 "Honorable-child-kami", offspring kami . *
28 to explore

. mikoshi 神輿と伝説 Legends about the festival palanquin .
24 to explore

. mimizu ミミズ　蚯蚓　(みみず) 　earthworm .
to explore

. Minamoto no Tametomo 源為朝 (1139 – 1170).
23 to explore

mino 蓑 straw raincoat - 89 to explore
kakure mino 隠れ蓑 straw raincoat to become invisible - 15 to explore (01)

. minomushi 蓑虫 / ミノムシ roundworm, bag worm .
11 ミノムシ to collect / 03 蓑虫

. Misaki and Kojin ミサキ 荒神 / 御先大明神 Misaki Daimyojin . *
212 to explore
- - - - - . shichinin misaki 七人ミサキ Misaki death of seven poeple .

. misojiru 味噌汁 miso soup .
13 to explore

. mitsubachi, hachi 蜜蜂 bee, bees, honeybee .
66 to explore

. Mitsumine sama 三峯様 Wolf Deity Legends . - Mitsumine Shrine, Chichibu


. Mizuchi 蛟 water Yokai legends / Medochi メドチ .
10 to explore

. Mizu no Kami 水の神 Deity of Water - Legends .
42 to explore - 246 水神 Suijin



. mochi 餅と伝説 Legends about rice cakes .
botamochi ぼたもち
574 to explore (02) -

. mogura モグラ; モグラモチ / 土竜 / 土龍 mole, Maulwurf .
many to explore / sennen mogura 千年土竜 a white mole of 1000 years

momi no ki 樅の木 fir tree - Abies firma
. momi no ki 樅の木 and Yamanokami .
06 to explore

. moriki 杜樹 tree of a shrine - Legends .



. muenbotoke 無縁仏 graves of the unknown pilgrims .
at least 40 to explore
- from Ehime : https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.jp/2017/08/yama-no-kami-06-regional.html



. mugimeshi 麦飯 cooked rice with barley .
5 to explore

. mukade 蜈蚣 - むかで centipede, millipede legends .
hyakusoku 百足虫 "one hundred legs"
- to translate

. Musashi no Kuni 武蔵国 Musashi Province / 武州 Bushu Legends .



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. nakoodo 仲人　matchmakers for a marriage .
with foxes, serpents, tanuki . . .

. namazu 鯰 catfish, Wels .


. namekuji 蛞蝓 (なめくじ / ナメクジ) slug legends .
- namekujira なめくじら slugwhale

. Nanafushigi, nana fushigi 七不思議 "The Seven Wonders" .

. nanten 南天 Nandina legends - Nandina domestica plant .
25 to explore

. nasu 茄子と伝説 Legends about eggplants .
38 to explore


. ne 子 / nezumi 鼠　 Rat, Mouse legends .
275 collecting

. negi 葱 leek .
16 to explore

. neko 猫 / ねこ と伝説 Legends about cats, Katzen .
- . bakeneko, bake-neko 化け猫, 化猫 monster cat . / nekomata 猫又, 猫叉, or 猫股 "forked cat"
- . yamaneko 山猫 "mountain cat" . / carved by 左甚五郎 Hidari Jingoro
73 猫 to explore (00)

. Nekomadake 猫魔岳と伝説 Legend about Mount Nekomadake . - Fukushima

. nekomata 猫又と伝説 Legends about the Nekomata cat monster .
15 to collect

. nenbutsu 念仏 Nembutsu Amida prayer - Legends .
- collecting


. Nichiren Shu 日蓮宗 Legends about the Nichiren Sect .
- collecting

. Nikko 日光 と伝説 Legends about Nikko . - Tochigi

. ninniku ニンニク garlic Knoblauch .
11 to explore (01)

. Nio, Deva Kings 仁王 (Nioo, Niou) . *

. nishiki, kin 錦 brocade legends .
44 to collect

. nishin 鰊, 鯡、青魚、黄魚 Legends about herring - Hering .
13 鰊 to explore / 03 鯡

. niwatori. kei 鶏と伝説 Legends about the rooster, cock, chicken .
100 to collect / oogon no tori 黄金の鶏 golden rooster


. noroi 呪い to curse a person - Legends .
97 呪い noroi to collect

. nue 鵺 monster .
with the head of a monkey, breast of a badger, scales like a dragon, tail of a serpent and feet like a tiger
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. nuibari 縫針 sewing needle legends .

nunobiki 布引 Nunobiki (place names)
13 布引 to explore // 布引の滝 / 善光寺布引牛
. Nunobiki waterfall - Gero .
. The mountain range of 布引山 Nunobiki - Mie .


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. obon, o-bon お盆 festival for the ancestors .
44 to colledt

. Oguri Hangan 小栗判官 Daisukeshige (1398 - 1464) .

. ohaguro, o-haguro お歯黒 / 鉄漿 / おはぐろ Ohaguro, black teeth - legends .

. Oinusama, O-Inusama, O Inu Sama お犬様 /御犬様 / イヌ様 Wolf Deity .
20 to explore

. Okayama Legends 　岡山の民話と伝説 .

. okoze 虎魚 (おこぜ, オコゼ ) stonefish .
- oniokoze, oni-okoze オニオコゼ（鬼鰧、鬼虎魚). オコジ Okoji - - 22 to explore

. onigiri, o-nigiri おにぎり / お握り /　御握り food .
25 おにぎり (01)

. Onipedia - 鬼ペディア Oni demon legends .
942 legends to collect

onmyooshi 陰陽師
17 to explore


. onsen 温泉と伝説 Legends about Hot Springs .
collecting

. Ontakesan 御嶽山 / 御岳山 Mount Ontakesan Nagano Ontake San Tengu .
28 to explore


. ookami 狼 Okami, wolf legends . *
- - - - - hakuroo, shiroi ookami 白狼 white wolf
- - - - - yama-inu, yamainu　山犬、豺 "mountain dog"

. ooki na otoko 大きな男 a huge man .
10 legends to explore

. oomugi 大麦と伝説 Legends about barley .
- komugi 小麦と伝説 Legends about wheat to collect

. Oonyuudoo 大入道 O-Nyudo Monk Yokai .
hitotsume dainyuudo 一つ目の大入道 Great Nyudo with one eye
mitsume nyuudoo 三つ目入道 Nyudo with three eyes
105 to explore


. oo-otoko, Ōotoko 大男と伝説 O-Otoko, Legends about giants .
97 to collect

. oshidori, オシドリ 鴛鴦と伝説 Legends about mandarin ducks .
translate

. O-Shirasama おしらさま "White Deity" for Silk in Tohoku .
50 to explore

. o-shiroi (hakufun) おしろい / 白粉 white face powder .
8 to explore

. O-Suga sama お菅さま "Lady Suga" .
- - - - - and . kuwa 桑 mulberry tree . silk worms

Otohime 乙姫 Princess Otohime
31 to collect

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. pee, pipi, tachi shôben 立小便 pissing, standing at the roadside .

. pottery yakimono 焼物と伝説 Legends about pottery .


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. raichoo 雷鳥 grouse, snow grouse "thunder bird" .
3 to explore

. Raijin 雷神と伝説 Legends about the God of Thunder .
43 - collecting

. Raijuu, Raijū 雷獣 Raiju Thunder Beast Yokai and Legends .
- and tenpi 天火 "fire from heaven", lightning

. rakuda 駱駝 / ラクダ camel legends, Kamel .

. ranma 欄間 transom, panel - Legends .

. reiki 霊亀 a mysterious turtle, spirit turtle, divine turtle .

reikon 霊魂 soul of a human being
. Ochanomizu 御茶の水 Bunkyo ward Tokyo .
121 霊魂 to collect

reimu 霊夢 oracle dream
. Temple 光源寺 Kogen-Ji Bunkyo, Tokyo .
. 徳川有親 Tokugawa Arichika .
. Yakushidoo 薬師堂 Yakushi-Do Temples .
52 to explore

. reisui 霊水と伝説 Legends about miraculous water .


. Rokubu 六部 Rokubu pilgrims, 六十六部 Rokujurokubu - Legends .


. Rokugoo, Rokugō 六郷 Rokugo, "Six villages" and legends .

. Rokusan sama 六三さま Deity of Illness .

. roonin 浪人 Ronin, legends about masterless Samurai .


. roosoku 蝋燭 candle .
22 to explore


. runin 流人 an exiled person .
11 to explore


. ryuu, ryū 龍　竜　伝説　Ryu - dragon legends . *
to explore

. ryuuja 竜蛇と伝説 Legends about Ryuja / Ryuda - a Dragon Serpent .

. ryuujo 竜女と伝説 / 龍女 Ryujo- Legends about female dragons .
83 to collect
73 竜女成仏譚


. ryuutoo 龍燈 / 龍灯 / 竜灯 Ryuto, "Dragon Lantern" legends .


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. saints, priests, holy men in legends .
上人　法人　- zenshi 禅師 Zen priests - 修験者 shugenja 山伏 yamabushi
shoonin, seijin 聖人　saint
27 to explore



. Sado Densetsu 佐渡伝説 Sado Island Legends, Niigata . *
more than 350 to explore

. Sai no Kawara 賽の河原 Dead Children's limbo .
14 to explore

. saisenbako 賽銭箱 box for donations .
5 to explore

. Sakanoue no Tamuramaro 坂上田村麻呂 .
40 legends to explore

. sake 酒 and o-miki お神酒 rice wine rituals and legends .


. same　鮫 (さめ) shark .
35 to explore

. Sanada clan 真田幸村 Sanada Yukimura .
44 to explore

sanba 産婆 midwife
. yoobo 妖姥 / ヨウボ old monster hag - midwife . - Tokyo
39 to explore

. Sanbasoo 三番叟 Sanbaso Dancer legends .

sanbi and shinibi 産火（サンビ） sanbi "fire of life" and 死火（シニビ）shinibi "fire of death"
people come together for the funeral and eat a meal together
. Misaki ミサキ / 御先 / 御前 / 御崎 the Misaki deity .

. Sanbo Kojin 三宝荒神 "the fierce deities of the three treasures" . - Legends

. sanshi no mushi 三尸の虫と伝説 Legends about the three worms 三尸虫 .
12 to collect

. sankin kootai 参勤交代 Sankin Kotai Daimyo attendance in Edo .
- - - - - daimyō gyōretsu 大名行列　Daimyo Gyoretsu procession to Edo

. sanshoo 山椒 Sansho mountain pepper .
14 to explore

. Sanzu no Kawa 三途の川 River Sanzu, the river on the way to hell .
19 to explore

. saotome 早乙女 legends about women planting rice .

. saru　申 /　猿　monkey, Affe .
382 to collect // shirozaru, hakuen 白猿 white monkey


. Sarutahiko densetsu 猿田彦伝説 Sarutahiko Legends .

. satoo 砂糖 と伝説 Sato - Legends about sugar - Zucker .

. satoimo sato-imo 里芋 Taro potato / Colocasia antiquorum .
20 to explore

. seki 堰 weir - kigo .
48 to collect

. Sekigahara battle 関ヶ原の戦い and 大谷刑部 Otani Gyobu .
and Iris at Kawakami Hachimangu 川上八幡宮　Shrine

. sekihan, aka no meshi, sekihan 赤飯 red Azuki beans with rice .
. a wolf legend from Miyagi .
112 legends to explore

. sekitoo 石塔 / セキトウ と伝説 Legends about Sekito stone towers .
43 to collect

. Senju Kannon 千手観音 Kannon with 1000 arms .
15 collecting

. senko 線香 incense stick .
66 to collect

. sennin　仙人と伝説 Legends about Immortals, mountain hermits .

. senryoobako　千両箱 Senryobako money box legends .

. seppuku 切腹 -- harakiri 腹切り ritual suicide .
to translate

. setomono 瀬戸物 pottery, crockery . *
8 to explore

. setsubun 節分 "seasonal divide" rituals - legends .
oni wa soto 鬼は外 "Demons, get out!" -
100 to explore


shakujo 錫杖 walking staff - a crozier, a crosier
20 to explore

. shamoji 杓文字, 杓、シャモジ / shakuji 杓子 ladle, rice paddle .
43 to explore

shari 舎利 relics of Buddha, Buddha's bones
36 to explore

. shinu 死ぬ Legends about death .
collecting
meido めいど【冥土 / 冥途】 the Netherworld, nether world, underworld
pokkuri 　ぽっくり　sudden death / daioojoo 大往生 daiojo, tales about a peaceful death
raigō 来迎 Raigo, the soul on the way to paradise
rinjuu 臨終 Rinju, death, deathbed
seikyoo 逝去 Seikyo
shi no yochoo 死の予兆 Yocho, forebodes of death
shiun, shi-un 紫雲 purple clouds
sosei 蘇生 revival; resuscitation from the dead
soshiki 葬式 / sogi 葬儀 funeral, Beerdigung



. shichiya 質屋 pawn shop legends .

. shii no ki 椎の木 Shii oak, pasania; chinquapin .
14 to explore (one Niigata, Yamanokami)

. shijukunichi 四十九日 legends about day 49 after death .
43 to collect

. shikimi 樒 / シキミ Skimmia, Illicium religiosum - ritual plant .
樒 13 // シキミ 06 to explore

. shimenawa 注連縄 伝説　sacred rope - legends .
50 to explore

. Shinagawa ku 品川区 "goods river" district legends .

shinbatsu 神罰 divine punishment
35 to explore - one from Nagano

. shinbutsu 神仏 kami to hotoke, the Deities of Japan . **

. Shinigami 死神 God of Death "Grim Reaper" .

. shinka 神火と伝説 Legends about　"divine fire" .
- goshinka, go-shinka 御神火 "divine fire" from a volcano

. shinmei sama しんめい様 legends about the deity Shinmei Sama . **

. shinrei 神霊 / 心霊 spirit, Geist - Legends .
more than 60 collecting

. shinrei 神鈴 "bell of the gods" . *
206 to explore - clay bells and others

. shio 塩 と伝説 Legends about salt .
- collecting

. shishigashira 獅子頭 lion head mask / shishimai 獅子舞 lion dance legends .
collecting

. Shitenno-Ji 四天王寺 Osaka . *

. shizen saigai 自然災害　伝説 Natural Disasters and Legends .


. shooben, shoben 小便 pee, pissing .
192 to collect

. shoobu 菖蒲 Shobu, Japanese Iris . *
122 to explore / 菖蒲湯

. shoochuu 焼酎 Shochu strong liquor . *
14 to explore

. shooji 障子 paper sliding doors .
89 to collect

. Shoomen, Shomen Kongo, Seimen Kongo 青面金剛 .

. Shōmu Tennō 聖武天皇 Emperor Shomu Tenno (707 - 755) .

. Shōnai 庄内地方 Shōnai district, Shonai in Yamagata .
23 legends to explore

. Shotoku Taishi 聖徳太子 (574 - 622) .
collecting

. shooya 庄屋 Shoya, village headman .
113 to collect

. shooyu 醬油 / 醤油 と伝説 Legends about Shoyu Soy Sauce .


. shugoshin 守護神 （しゅごしん）(shugojin) protector deity, tutelary deity .
59 to explore


silk 絹 kinu and related legends .
silkworm, kaiko 蚕, kuwago 桑子 "mulberry child"

. soba 蕎麦 Legends about buckwheat .

. sosei 蘇生 revival; resuscitation from the dead .
35 to explore

. sotoba 塔婆 grave marker . / Gorintō 五輪塔 Gorinto stupa
27 to collect

. sugegasa 菅笠と伝説 Legends about the sedge hat .

. sugi no ki 杉の木と伝説 Legends about the cedar tree .
77 to explore

. sugoroku　双六と伝説 Legends about the board game Sugoroku .
35 to explore

. suishoo 水晶 Legends about crystals / chrystals / Kristall .

. suikazura スイカズラ / 吸葛 / nindoo 忍冬 と伝説 honeysuckle .
Lonicera japonica /

. suinan 水難 legends about water accidents .
kappa yoke 河童除け
53 水難 to collect

. . Suitengu 水天宮 Shrine for the Water God .
27 to collect

. Sumida ku, Sumida-ku 墨田区 Sumida ward, "ink field" legends . - Tokyo

. sumigama 炭竈 と伝説 Legends about charcoal kilns .
- - - 91 炭焼き (00)

. surume スルメ 伝説 Legends about the squid, Kalamar .
- translate

. suzume　雀（すずめ） sparrow, Spatzen .
89 to explore

. suzuri 硯 inkstone .
25 硯 to explore (01)


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. saba 鯖と伝説 Legends about mackerel, Makrele .
50 to explore


. sagi 鷺 heron .
"blue heron", aosagi 青鷺 / "white heron", egret, shirasagi　白鷺
22 to explore


. sakana 魚 fish - food and kigo .
- katame no sakana 片目の魚 fish with one eye
25 to explore
katame buna 片目鮒 / katame no buna 片目の鮒 buna fish with one eye (see above)
. katame uo 片目魚 fish with one eye . - Kobe, Hyogo
- - - - - katame no 片目の things with one eye . . .
87 to explore - 片目の鮭 - 片目の鰻 - 片目の鰍
- . fish with scales like a torii 鳥居 gate . - Nerima, Tokyo


. sake 鮭　legends about the salmon . *
- and the pair of 鮭の大助 Sake no Osuke / Kosuke
47 legends to explore

. Salmon Osuke Legends .


. sanshoouo, sanshoo uo 山椒魚 salamander .
6 to explore

. saru 猿 / 申 monkey .
猿王丸 Saruomaru and the Heike
. carved by 左甚五郎 Hidari Jingoro .
- more than 300 entries to explore - yokai database -

. sazae 栄螺 . サザエ turban shell . *

. semi 蝉 cicada, Zikade .
15 to explore

. shika 鹿 deer .
more than 200 legends to explore
- - - - - . hakuroku, hakushika, shirojika 白鹿 white deer .


. shinboku 神木, shinju　神樹　sacred tree, divine tree .
many to explore

. Shotoku Taishi 聖徳太子と伝説 Legends about Prince Shotoku .

sue musume, suemusume 末娘 youngest daughter
. bakko バッコ（末娘） youngest daughter, Akita .
20 to explore

. suzume　雀（すずめ） sparrow, Spatzen .
89 to explore


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