List: Japanese mythology

Japanese mythology  noun  noun (generic) 

• mizuchi, aquatic, dragon-like beast with four feet, horns and poisonous breath
• unfulfilled genius, dormant talent

noun  noun (generic)  Japanese mythology 

• jorō spider (Trichonephila clavata)
• spider yōkai

Japanese mythology  noun  noun (generic)  zoology 

• umibōzu, sea yōkai, resembling a huge bald-headed black figure, sea monster, sea goblin
• green turtle

yojijukugo  Japanese mythology  noun  noun (generic) 

• the descent to earth of the grandson of the sun goddess

noun  noun (generic)  Japanese mythology 

• plaster or mortar-covered wall
• yōkai resembling an invisible wall impeding or misdirecting people walking at night

Japanese mythology  noun  noun (generic) 

• nekomata, fork-tailed cat yōkai
• giant beast that inhabits the mountains

search-only kana form  search-only kanji form  usually written using kana alone  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  な adjective  noun  noun (generic)  Japanese mythology 

• flat and smooth
• unchanging, featureless, expressionless, monotonous
• noppera-bō, humanoid creature with a flat, featureless face

search-only kanji form  Japanese mythology  noun  noun (generic)  Chinese mythology 

• Yatagarasu, raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition
• three-legged crow inhabiting the sun

Japanese mythology  noun  noun (generic) 

• Itsuse no Mikoto, older brother of Emperor Jimmu who accompanied him on his eastern expedition but died in Kinokuni before reaching Yamato

rarely used kanji form  Japanese mythology  noun  noun (generic)  archaic 

• Onokoro Island (island formed by drops of water falling from the heavenly jeweled spear), Onogoro Island
• Japan