The Yokai That Licks Your Bathtub ???? Anime vs Real Life #4 #shorts #learnjapanese #yokai - Video

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垢嘗 (akaname) = 垢 (aka, grime) + 舐める (nameru, to lick): the grime licker. Games make it cute. Toriyama Sekien drew it in 1776 with claws, wild hair and a long tongue, and gave no explanation at all.

An even older "grime licker" (垢ねぶり) shows up in a 1686 ghost-story book.

The usual lesson, "scrub your bath before dark or it comes to lick", was written down by later yokai writers.

垢嘗だね。 (akaname da ne.) That's an akaname.
Bonus: 垢抜ける (akanukeru), "the grime comes off" = to look polished and stylish.

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