# Azukiarai

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{{short description|Phenomenon in Japanese folklore}}
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[[Image:ShunsenAzukiarai.jpg|thumb|160px|right|The ''azukiarai'' as depicted in Takehara Shunsen's [Ehon Hyaku Monogatari](/source/Ehon_Hyaku_Monogatari).]]
{{nihongo|'''Azukiarai'''|小豆洗い||"azuki bean washing"}}, or {{nihongo|'''Azukitogi'''|小豆とぎ||"azuki bean grinding"}}, is a ghostly phenomenon in [Japanese folklore](/source/Japanese_folklore), in which a mysterious noise that sounds like [azuki bean](/source/azuki_bean)s being washed or ground is heard. It usually occurs near a river or other body of water. Sometimes the creature or spirit responsible amuses itself by singing "''azuki togou ka, hito totte kuou ka? shoki shoki.''" ("Will I grind my azuki beans, or will I get a person to eat? ''shoki shoki''."), and anyone who approaches will inevitably fall into the water. {{citation needed|date=November 2011}}

While the perpetrator is seldom seen, he is often described as a short-statured man of grotesque appearance with a large balding head, crooked teeth, thin moustache, large bulging yellow eyes, wearing ragged clothes and bent over a pail washing ''azuki'' beans. ''Azukiarai'' is sometimes blamed on a ''tanuki'' ([raccoon dog](/source/raccoon_dog))<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nichibun.ac.jp/YoukaiCard/0470007.shtml|title = アズキアライ &#124; アズキアライ &#124; 怪異・妖怪伝承データベース}}</ref> or [weasel](/source/weasel).{{citation needed|date=November 2011}}

==References==
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[http://www.top-page.jp/site/page/mizuki/complete_works/list/a002/]
[http://www.nichibun.ac.jp/YoukaiCard/2360677.shtml]
[http://www.nichibun.ac.jp/YoukaiCard/0700409.shtml]
[http://www.nichibun.ac.jp/YoukaiCard/1070495.shtml]
[http://www.nichibun.ac.jp/YoukaiCard/0870041.shtml]
[http://www.nichibun.ac.jp/YoukaiCard/0470007.shtml]
[http://obakemono.com/obake/azukiarai/]

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