Technique dictionary

Demon Slayer Breathing Techniques in Japanese

Every named breathing form (呼吸の型) in the Demon Slayer manga, with the original Japanese name, its reading, a literal translation, and the official VIZ English — all verified against a bilingual corpus of the Japanese tankōbon and the VIZ Media edition (103 techniques and counting). Each entry shows every panel where the technique is called by name.

Hinokami Kagura (Sun Breathing) ヒノカミ神楽

  1. DANCE
  2. FLAME DANCE
  3. DANCING FLASH
  4. FAKE RAINBOW
  5. CLEAR BLUE SKY
  6. SOLAR HEAT HAZE
  7. FIRE WHEEL
  8. BENEFICENT RADIANCE
  9. DRAGON SUN HALO HEAD DANCE
  10. RAGING SUN
  11. BURNING BONES, SUMMER SUN
  12. SETTING SUN TRANSFORMATION
  13. SUNFLOWER THRUST

Water Breathing 水の呼吸

  1. Form 1 WATER SURFACE SLASH
  2. Form 2 WATER WHEEL
  3. Form 3 FLOWING DANCE
  4. Form 4 STRIKING TIDE
  5. Form 6 WHIRLPOOL
  6. Form 7 DROP RIPPLE THRUST
  7. Form 8 WATERFALL BASIN
  8. Form 9 SPLASHING WATER FLOW: TURBULENT
  9. Form 10 CONSTANT FLUX
  10. Form 11 DEAD CALM

Thunder Breathing 雷の呼吸

  1. Form 1 THUNDERCLAP AND FLASH
  2. Form 2 RICE SPIRIT
  3. Form 3 THUNDER SWARM
  4. Form 4 DISTANT THUNDER
  5. Form 5 HEAT LIGHTNING
  6. Form 6 RUMBLE AND FLASH
  7. Form 7 HONOIKAZUCHI-NO-KAMI

Beast Breathing 獣の呼吸

  1. Form 1 PIERCE
  2. Form 2 SLICE 'N' DICE
  3. Form 3 DEVOUR
  4. Form 4 SLICE 'N' DICE
  5. Form 5 CRAZY CUTTING
  6. Form 6 PALISADE BITE
  7. Form 7 SEVENTH FORM
  8. Form 8 EXPLOSIVE RUSH
  9. Form 9 EXTENDING BENDY SLASH
  10. SUDDEN THROWING STRIKE

Flame Breathing 炎の呼吸

  1. Form 1 UNKNOWING FIRE
  2. Form 2 RISING SCORCHING SUN
  3. Form 4 BLOOMING FLAME UNDULATION
  4. Form 5 FLAME TIGER
  5. Form 9 RENGOKU

Wind Breathing 風の呼吸

  1. Form 1 DUST WHIRLWIND CUTTER
  2. Form 2 CLAWS-PURIFYING WIND
  3. Form 3 CLEAR STORM WIND TREE
  4. Form 4 RISING DUST STORM
  5. Form 5 COLD MOUNTAIN WIND
  6. Form 6 BLACK WIND MOUNTAIN MIST
  7. Form 7 GALE - SUDDEN GUSTS
  8. Form 8 PRIMARY GALE SLASH
  9. Form 9 IDATEN TYPHOON

Stone Breathing 岩の呼吸

  1. Form 1 SERPENTINITE BIPOLAR
  2. Form 2 UPPER SMASH
  3. Form 3 STONE SKIN
  4. Form 4 VOLCANIC ROCK - RAPID CONQUEST
  5. Form 5 ARCS OF JUSTICE

Mist Breathing 霞の呼吸

  1. Form 1 LOW CLOUDS, DISTANT HAZE!
  2. Form 2 EIGHT-LAYERED MIST!
  3. Form 3 SCATTERING MIST SPLASH!
  4. Form 4 SHIFTING FLOW SLASH!
  5. Form 5 SEA OF CLOUDS AND HAZE!
  6. Form 6 LUNAR DISPERSING MIST!
  7. Form 7 OBSCURING CLOUDS!

Serpent Breathing 蛇の呼吸

  1. Form 1 WINDING SERPENT SLASH!
  2. Form 2 VENOM FANGS OF THE NARROW HEAD!
  3. Form 5 SLITHERING SERPENT!

Love Breathing 恋の呼吸

  1. Form 1 SHIVERS OF FIRST LOVE
  2. Form 2 LOVE PANGS
  3. Form 3 CATLOVE SHOWER
  4. Form 5 SWAYING LOVE WILDCLAW
  5. Form 6 CAT-LEGGED WINDS OF LOVE

Flower Breathing 花の呼吸

  1. Form 2 HONORABLE SHADOW PLUM
  2. Form 4 CRIMSON HANAGOROMO
  3. Form 5 PEONIES OF FUTILITY
  4. Form 6 WHIRLING PEACH
  5. EQUINOCTIAL VERMILION EYE

Insect Breathing 蟲の呼吸

  1. TRUE FLUTTER
  2. CAPRICE
  3. HUNDRED-LEGGED ZIGZAG
  4. COMPOUND EYE HEXAGON

Sound Breathing 音の呼吸

  1. Form 1 ROAR
  2. Form 4 CONSTANT RESOUNDING SLASHES
  3. Form 5 STRING PERFORMANCE

Moon Breathing 月の呼吸

  1. Form 1 DARK MOON EVENING PALACE
  2. Form 2 PEARL FLOWER MOON-GAZING
  3. Form 3 LOATHSOME MOON-CHAINS
  4. Form 5 MOON SPIRIT CALAMITOUS EDDY
  5. Form 6 PERPETUAL NIGHT, LONELY MOON — INCESSANT
  6. Form 7 MIRROR OF MISFORTUNE, MOONLIT
  7. Form 8 MOON-DRAGON RINGTAIL
  8. Form 9 WANING MOON-SWATHS
  9. Form 10 DRILLING SLASHES - MOON THROUGH BAMBOO LEAVES
  10. Form 14 CATASTROPHE - TENMAN CRESCENT MOON
  11. Form 16 MOONBOW - HALF MOON

Blood Demon Art 血鬼術

  1. EXPLODING BLOOD
  2. CUTTING THREAD CAGE
  3. DESTRUCTIVE DEATH: AIR TYPE
  4. EYES OF FORCED UNCONSCIOUS SLEEP
  5. DESTRUCTIVE DEATH: COMPASS NEEDLE
  6. FLYING BLOOD SICKLES