魔物

Japanese
Kanji in this term
魔 物
ま
Grade: S		 もの
Grade: 3
goon kun’yomi

Etymology

Appears to be a coinage within Japanese, as a compound of 魔 (ma, “demon, devil”) +‎ 物 (mono, “thing”).[1][2][3][4]

First cited to a text from 1886.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

魔(ま)物(もの) • (mamono) 

  1. [from 1886] an evil spirit, a monster, an apparition, a demon

Synonyms

References
  1. “魔物”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
  2. “魔物”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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