In Japanese mythology, the ghost of a woman who was married to a samurai. She cheated on him with another man, and when her husband found that out, he killed her by cutting a slash wound on her face that ran from her mouth to her cheek. Nowadays, she roams the streets at night with a surgeon's mask and asks random people the question "Do you think I'm pretty?". If you say no, she will mutilate you. However, if you say yes, she will reveal her full face to you. Then she will ask the same question. Again, if you say no, you will still be mutilated. If you say yes again, she will cut your face in order to make you look like her. The only known way to avoid death during a confrontation with a kuchisake-onna is by saying that she is neither pretty nor ugly or some other unexpected answer. Right after answering, throw something at her and run for your life.
The kuchisake-onna's name means "slit-mouth woman" in Japanese.
The kuchisake-onna's name means "slit-mouth woman" in Japanese.
Kuchisake-onna: Am I pretty?
Person: Yes
*removes the mask
Kuchisake-onna: Now am I pretty?
Person: Yo mamma's so old
*runs away
Person: Yes
*removes the mask
Kuchisake-onna: Now am I pretty?
Person: Yo mamma's so old
*runs away
by Thats16myboi October 29, 2019
japanese slang meaning:
"dried fish - woman".
"himono-onna - girls in their twenties whom outside their home puts on a lively face, but as soon they get home, they change into their shirts and their hair are tied up like a samurai-style topknot, and they might even scratch their ass. snack in one hand, and canned beer in the other. on weekends they don’t go to blind dates, when they don’t have work they eat and sleep and eat and sleep and not a single guy around them." -- from Hotaru no Hikari (jdrama).
"dried fish - woman".
"himono-onna - girls in their twenties whom outside their home puts on a lively face, but as soon they get home, they change into their shirts and their hair are tied up like a samurai-style topknot, and they might even scratch their ass. snack in one hand, and canned beer in the other. on weekends they don’t go to blind dates, when they don’t have work they eat and sleep and eat and sleep and not a single guy around them." -- from Hotaru no Hikari (jdrama).
she's a himono-onna!
by hantaro July 31, 2008
Japanese term meaning, "she-geek". Normally used to describe girls that go no where without their Nintendo DS, taking care of their virtual dogs, or playing on a computer constantly or obsessively reading manga and anime. (Normally yaoi.)
by rawryalawl June 25, 2006
In English, she is called the Snow Lady.
She is a Japanese Urban Legend.
There are many different versions of the old story about the Snow Lady, the most common is this story below.
There was a warrior named Bushi who was asked by the Snowlady to hug a child similarly, but the warrior held a short sword by the mouth and hugged the child while making the blade go close to the child's head, which allowed the warrior to avoid the aforementioned phenomenon. When the warrior handed the child back to the Yuki-onna, the lady gave many treasures as thanks for hugging the child. It is also said that those who are able to withstand the ever increasing weight of the Yukiko and last all the way through would acquire great physical strength.
She is a Japanese Urban Legend.
There are many different versions of the old story about the Snow Lady, the most common is this story below.
There was a warrior named Bushi who was asked by the Snowlady to hug a child similarly, but the warrior held a short sword by the mouth and hugged the child while making the blade go close to the child's head, which allowed the warrior to avoid the aforementioned phenomenon. When the warrior handed the child back to the Yuki-onna, the lady gave many treasures as thanks for hugging the child. It is also said that those who are able to withstand the ever increasing weight of the Yukiko and last all the way through would acquire great physical strength.
Betty: "hey have you heard of the Yuki-Onna thing?!"
Nova: "No... I have not heard of it before."
Betty: "Well, I'll tell you now the story!"
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Tord-
Nova: "No... I have not heard of it before."
Betty: "Well, I'll tell you now the story!"
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Tord-
by тord March 29, 2019
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by Onna6 December 8, 2020
Futakuchi-onna (means two-mouthed woman) is a mythical creature.
They are characterized by their two mouths:
One being at her face, and the other being at the back of her head beneath the hair.
Often used in Japanese folklore and mythology.
It symbolize a person who eat a very small amount of food or just rarely eat anything.
One of the most well-known Futakuchi-onna stories tells of a man who chose his bride because she never ate a thing. Since he was a poor man, he could not bear the thought of feeding another mouth besides his own, so the fact that his wife never ate was a huge attraction. However, he soon noticed that his stores of rice were mysteriously being depleted. When he spied on his wife one day to see what was going on, he discovered that she was a Futakuchi-onna. He saw a gaping mouth open in the back of her head, and when she unbound her hair, it shoveled huge quantities of rice into the second mouth.
They are characterized by their two mouths:
One being at her face, and the other being at the back of her head beneath the hair.
Often used in Japanese folklore and mythology.
It symbolize a person who eat a very small amount of food or just rarely eat anything.
One of the most well-known Futakuchi-onna stories tells of a man who chose his bride because she never ate a thing. Since he was a poor man, he could not bear the thought of feeding another mouth besides his own, so the fact that his wife never ate was a huge attraction. However, he soon noticed that his stores of rice were mysteriously being depleted. When he spied on his wife one day to see what was going on, he discovered that she was a Futakuchi-onna. He saw a gaping mouth open in the back of her head, and when she unbound her hair, it shoveled huge quantities of rice into the second mouth.
by Rinae February 24, 2010