あまのじゃく

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Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of あまのじゃく – see the following entry.
天邪鬼
a kind of oni that appears in various folktales as the bad guy, who deliberately goes against what people say
someone with a personality or behavior reminiscent of the folktale character: a crank, a perverse person
(Buddhism) in Buddhist statuary, the small devil or demon being trampled under the feet of a 仁王 (Niō, Deva king) or one of the 四天王 (Shitennō, four Deva warriors)
(Buddhism) in Buddhist statuary, the devil or demon face on the breastplate of 毘沙門天 (Bishamonten, Vaiśravaṇa)
a grub (insect larva)
(This term, あまのじゃく (amanojaku), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)