adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, noun

  1. weird, strange, mysterious.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
面妖 めんよう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

mask, face, features
メン おも つら (3rd, N3)
attractive, bewitching, calamity
ヨウ あや.しい なま.めく (11th)
woman, female
ジョ おんな め (1st, N5)
early death, calamity
ヨウ オウ カ (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)