Demon Slayer or Kimetsu no Yaiba is one of the most popular anime of all time, with beautiful animation and a story that grips from beginning to end. In this article we will study Japanese with Demon Slayer through texts and videos.
It is worth mentioning that we also have an article that shows the Kimetsu no Yaiba character names meaning.
Videos Studying Japanese with Demon Slayer
Our official channel in English has been releasing different videos studying Japanese using Demon Slayer, I'll leave them below:
In the first video we studied the encounter scene of Giyu Tomioka and Tanjiro:
In the two videos below we study Japanese using the Rui x Tanjiro Fight:
What does Kimetsu no Yaiba mean?
We know that Damon Slayer means Demon Hunters, but what does Kimetsu no Yaiba mean? Maybe you thought it meant the same thing as Demon Slayer, but it's not.
In the word Kimetsu we have the ideogram of Oni [鬼 ki] followed by 9 [滅 metsu] which means destroyer. So in the first word we have Oni Destroyer.
The second word [刃 yaiba] means sword or blade. Namely, the original Japanese name of Demon Slayer, Kimetsu no Yaiba can be translated as Oni Destroying Blade.
Demon Slayer phrases in Japanese
Now let's study phrases from the Demon Slayer anime in Japanese:
First Episode – Giyu Tomioka
Let's see some sentences from the first episode involving Oni. We recommend reading the full article on our website japaneseclub.com
（冨岡）
俺の仕事は鬼を斬ることだ
My job is to kill Onis.
仕事 : Work
鬼 : They are creatures of Japanese folklore, there are several translations:
Demons, monsters, Devils, Ogres or trolls.
They are humanoid for the most part, but occasionally, they are shown with unnatural features,
like odd numbers of eyes or extra fingers, with hideous skin and appearances.
But in Kimetsu they have more of an appearance of bestial beasts, with a human aspect and
thirst for blood.
斬る : To kill (using a sword, knife, etc.), to cut, to slice.
傷口に鬼の血を浴びたから
鬼になった
As her wounds were exposed to the blood of an oni, she became an oni.
- 傷口 : Open holidays, cuts, wounds.
- 血: Blood
- 浴び : To be covered, to be bathed.
- 浴びた : It was covered, it was bathed. ( Past )
- になる : To become
- になった : Became (Past)
人食い鬼は そうやって増える
This is how man-eating oni glorify themselves.
人 : Person
食い : Eat, bite.
- 人食い : Man-eater, Cannibalism.
- そうやって : This is how it happens, this is how it happens…
- 増える : To increase, to increase, to multiply.
