A-Yokai-A-Day: Jami

Today’s yokai is sort of an epilogue to the chimimōryō we looked at these past two days. Jami is actually a subset of chimi, being another generic term for monsters. The mi in jami is the same mi as in chimi, but the ja denotes wickedness. So these are also chimi, but these are the extra bad chimi.

Jami / 邪魅 / じゃみ

Head on over to yokai.com to read the full entry on jami!

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