てんぐ

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Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of てんぐ – see the following entry.
天狗
(Japanese mythology, Shinto, folklore) a tengu, a mythical Japanese creature, typically birdlike and having a long nose
(figurative) a yamabushi
(Noh) a tengu mask
(historical) the Christian devil, Satan
(figurative, from the tengu's long nose) pridefulness; someone who is very prideful, boastful, or full of oneself (compare English look down one's nose)
(This term, てんぐ (tengu), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)