noun, adjectival noun or quasi-adjective

  1. mystery, curiosity, strangeness, monstrosity.

noun

  1. ghost, monster, apparition, phantom, specter, goblin.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
怪異 かいい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

suspicious, mystery, apparition
カイ あや.しい ケ (8th, N1)
heart, standing heart radical variant (no. 61)
シン こころ
holy, sacred
コツ クツ コチ
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
uncommon, different, queerness
イ こと け (6th, N1)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
together, both, neither
とも キョウ (4th, N3)
twenty(廿) variant
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)