Learn Japanese with Demon Slayer

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 noting that we also have an article that shows the meaning of the names of the characters from Kimetsu no Yaiba.

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:

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

俺おれの仕事しごとは鬼おにを斬きることだ

My job is to kill Onis.

仕事 : Work

鬼 : They are creatures of Japanese folklore, there are several translations:
Demon, monsters, Devils, Ogres, or trolls.
They are mostly humanoid, but occasionally, they are shown with unnatural characteristics,
such as odd numbers of eyes or extra fingers, with grotesque skin and appearances.

But in Kimetsu they have more of a beastly appearance, with a human aspect and a thirst for blood.

斬る : To kill (using a sword, knife, etc.), to cut, to slice.

傷口きずぐちに鬼おにの血ちを浴あびたから
鬼おにになった

As her wounds were exposed to the blood of an oni, she became an oni.

• Woundきずぐち : Open vacations, cuts, wounds.
• 血ち: Blood
• 浴び : To be covered, to be bathed.
• 浴あびた: Was covered, was bathed. (Past)

• になる : To become
• になった : Became ( Past )

人ひと食ぐい鬼おには そうやって増ふえる

This is how man-eating oni glorify themselves.

人ひと : Person
食くい : Eat, bite.

• PersonひとEatingぐ : Man-eater, Cannibalism.
• そうやって : This is how it happens, this is how it happens…
• 増ふえる : Increase, grow, multiply.