hengeyokaiとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

hengeyokai (複数形 hengeyokai)

1. (folklore) A legendary Japanese animal with the ability to shapeshift into human form.
   • 1985, David Cook, Oriental Adventures, TSR Inc., →ISBN

     Hengeyokai are intelligent, shape-changing animals. Several subraces exist, each a different type of animal. They are found throughout the Oriental world, usually on the fringes of human-settled lands.

   • 1998-01-28, Lee Gold, Re: B5 Filk: You Picked A Fine Time To Leave Us Sinclair, rec.music.filk

     If a hengeyokai fails to concentrate (または perhaps gets distracted -- due to being beaten, seeing a mouse, fatigue), the human form's ears may get pointed or a tail may appear.

   • 2001, Laurence C. Bush, Asian Horror Encyclopedia: Asian Horror Culture in Literature, Manga and Folklore, Writers Club Press, page 69

     Hengeyokai transfer between forms almost instantly, though when in human form, they often retain some mark of characteristic of their true animal nature.

   • 2013-10-12, Jasin Zujovic, Hengeyokai level adjustment, rec.games.frp.dnd

     I've been watching Inuyasha yesterday (too bad that's a German dub かつ I can understand almost nothing) and that got me wanting to make myself a hengeyokai character... and then I remembered the level adjustment.