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霊れい
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Meanings
Noun
1. soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
Kanji used
霊ghost
Pitch accent
れい
Used in vocabulary
全ぜん身しん全ぜん霊れい
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
Noun
霊れい肉にく一いっ致ち
unity of body and spirit
Noun
守しゅ護ご霊れい
guardian spirit
Noun
地じ縛ばく霊れい
ghost bound to a specific physical location (usu. where death occurred)
Noun
霊れい視し商しょう法ほう
fraudulent sale of exorcism services (to people led to believe that they are possessed by evil spirits)
Noun
霊れい的てき交こう流りゅう
spiritual sympathy; spiritual communion
Noun
霊れい体たい験けん
experience of seeing a ghost
Noun
霊れい能のう力りょく
psychic power
Noun
浮ふ遊ゆう霊れい
wandering ghost
Noun
動どう物ぶつ霊れい
animal spirit; animal ghost
Noun
霊れい柩きゅう自じ動どう車しゃ
hearse
Noun
霊れい能のう力りょく者しゃ
psychic; psychic medium
Noun
Examples7
With this his spirit will be consoled.
He got down on his knees and prayed for the souls of the deceased.
The medieval church despised the body and exalted the spirit.
Flesh gives birth to flesh, Spirit gives birth to Spirit.
The Emperor prayed for the souls of the deceased.
Spirits are to be found all over the world. This school was built upon the site of a shrine and thus there is a particular tendency for them to gather.