Yokai

are a class of supernatural entities and spirits in Japanese folklore. The word is composed of two kanji characters that both mean "suspicious, doubtful", and while it is simply the Japanese transliteration or pronunciation of the Chinese term yaoguai and involves similarly strange creatures, some Japanese commentators argue that the word yōkai has taken on multiple different meanings particular to a Japanese context, including a large number of uniquely Japanese creatures.
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