noun

  1. plaster or mortar-covered wall.
  2. Messages.jpmyth.yōkai resembling an invisible wall impeding or misdirecting people walking at night. Esp. 塗壁.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
塗り壁 ぬりかべ
塗壁
塗壁 ぬりかべ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

paint, plaster, daub
ぬ.る ト まみ.れる (8th, N2)
surname, name of certain rivers
ト ズ チョ
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
too much, myself, surplus
ヨ あま.る あんま.り (5th, N3)
to assemble. to gather together
シュウ あつまる
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
tree (木) variant
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
wall, lining (stomach), fence
かべ ヘキ (7th, N1)
false, punish, crime
ヘキ ヒ きみ (Kentei 1)
buttocks, rump, fat
corpse, remains, flag radical (no. 44)
シ かたしろ (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
spicy, bitter, hot
つら.い シン から.い (8th, N2)
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ リツ たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)