あまのじゃく

[天の邪鬼] contrary ［《正式》perverse］person【C】ひねくれた人， つむじ曲り.

天の邪鬼
perverse person
devil beneath temple guardian deities

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あまのじゃく【天の邪鬼】

contrary ［《正式》perverse］person〖C〗ひねくれた人， つむじ曲り.

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あまのじゃく【天の邪鬼】

a devil (whose image is shown being trampled upon by one of the two guardian deities placed in a Buddhist temple gate); 〔性質〕 perverseness; 〔人〕 a perverse person; a cross-grained person.

●私の中のあまのじゃくが頭をもたげた. A perverseness within me raised its head.

●あなたはあまのじゃくだ. You are perverse! | You're just being difficult!