鬼神

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 鬼神 is read きじん. It means a fierce deity or spirit in a tradition or story.
• Basic usage: It refers to a mountain spirit protecting a village and figuratively to a warrior's ferocious momentum.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A being in tradition
  • In 山の鬼神が村を守っている, the fierce mountain spirit appears as a protector of the village.
• 鬼神のような勢い
  • 鬼神のような勢いで compares the warrior's momentum to the force of a wrathful god.