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餓鬼

noun

(Buddhism) short for 餓鬼道 (gakidō): the hungry ghost realm, one of the six realms of reincarnation in Buddhist cosmology

その餓鬼のように食べる子供を見て、彼は笑った。

Looking at the child eating like a glutton, he laughed.

意味（1）

(Buddhism) short for 餓鬼道 (gakidō): the hungry ghost realm, one of the six realms of reincarnation in Buddhist cosmology

意味（2）

(Buddhism) a preta: the spirit of a jealous or greedy person who, as punishment for mortal vices, has been cursed with insatiable hunger

意味（3）

(Buddhism) the souls of the dead who languish in oblivion without any surviving relatives to pray for their peace

意味（4）

(figuratively) anyone who is constantly hungry or thirsty

意味（5）

(figuratively) anyone who is unhealthily thin and appears as if they are starving

意味（6）

(archaic) Short for 餓鬼病 (gakiyami, gakibyō, “leprosy”).

意味（7）

(derogatory, slang, by extension from the sense of someone who is always hungry) an unpleasant child, a brat

でも——可(か)愛(わい)いですね このジンガイのガキ

Demo—— kawaii desu ne kono jingai no gakiHowever—— this crooked brat’s pretty cute, don’t ya think