Noun
yokai (plural yokai)
(folklore, mythology) Any of various supernatural monsters, sometimes shapeshifters, in Japanese folklore.
The one-eyed lad – yes, it looks like he has two eyes, but the bulging eye is actually the spirit of his father – is the last member of the Ghost Tribe of yokai or spirit-monsters. Source: Internet
For Writtenafterward’s autumn/winter 2016-17 collection, Yamagata took the world of yokai as his theme—the mysterious bodies of ghosts, apparitions, and monsters of Japanese folklore. Source: Internet
In his essay, titled “Shakunage Yowa,” he wrote he had visited the temple to confirm a rumor that yokai monsters appeared there. Source: Internet
Raised by monks in the isolated Silent Winds temple, Yumeko has trained all her life to hide her yokai nature. Source: Internet
There maybe some differences in the yokai appearance, but the same moral exists in all the legend to treat one's property with respect or risk its wrath. Source: Internet