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鬼

おに

demon, ogre

Mnemonic

An outsized head on a figure that used to be a person, and he is not far off being one. Only おに him at that table now, everybody else moved: おに.

Worth knowing

悪魔 あくま is the devil, imported. 鬼 is the Japanese ogre, the one in folk tales and in 鬼ごっこ, tag.

Built from

demon, ghost
A figure with an outsized head on it, the shape used for whatever is left of the dead.

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