Moto 霊: Spirits; SoulKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- レイ、リョウ
- Kun'yomi
- たま
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 199 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (レイ・リョウ)
- 慰霊いれいconsoling the spirits of the dead
- 霊れいsoul; spirit
- 幽霊ゆうれいghost; specter
- 霊園れいえん(garden) cemetery; park-style cemetery
- 慰霊祭いれいさいmemorial service
- 亡霊ぼうれいdeparted spirit; soul of the dead
- 全身全霊ぜんしんぜんれいcomplete devotion; body and soul
- 心霊しんれいspirit (e.g. human spirit); soul
- 怨霊おんりょうrevengeful ghost; apparition
- 悪霊あくりょうevil spirit
- 精霊しょうりょうspirit of the deceased
- 英霊えいれいspirits of war dead
- 霊前れいぜんbefore the spirit of the deceased
- 霊場れいじょうsacred ground
- 霊安室れいあんしつmorgue; mortuary
- 霊山れいざんsacred mountain
- 霊感れいかんinspiration; afflatus
- 霊泉れいせんmiraculous spring or fountain
- 霊界れいかいthe spiritual world
- 霊長れいちょうcrown (of creation); apex
- 霊験れいけんmiraculous efficacy; miracle
- 霊魂れいこんsoul; spirit
- ご霊前ごれいぜんbefore the spirit of the deceased
- 万物の霊長ばんぶつのれいちょうthe lord of creation; man
- 万霊祭ばんれいさいAll Souls' Day
- 万霊節ばんれいせつAll Souls' Day
- 三霊山さんれいざんJapan's Three Holy Mountains (Mt. Fuji, Mt. Tate and Mt. Haku)
- 交霊こうれいcommunication with the dead
- 交霊会こうれいかいspiritism session; seance
- 交霊術こうれいじゅつnecromancy; spiritism
- 人間は万物の霊長にんげんはばんぶつのれいちょうman is the crown of creation
- 全霊ぜんれいone's whole soul
- 分霊ぶんれいdivision of a shrine's tutelary deity, in order to share it with another shrine; spirit divided in such a manner
- 動物霊どうぶつれいanimal spirit; animal ghost
- 合同慰霊祭ごうどういれいさいjoint service for the war dead
- 善霊ぜんれいspirit of goodness
- 四霊しれいthe four auspicious beasts from Chinese mythology
- 地縛霊じばくれいghost bound to a specific physical location (usu. where death occurred)
- 地霊ちれいspirit residing in the ground
- 威霊いれいpowerful spirit
- 守護霊しゅごれいguardian spirit
- 山霊さんれいa mountain's guardian deity
- 幽霊の正体見たり枯れ尾花ゆうれいのしょうたいみたりかれおばなfear makes the wolf bigger than he is; things are not as scary as they seem
- 幽霊人口ゆうれいじんこうghost population
- 幽霊会社ゆうれいがいしゃbogus company; paper company
- 幽霊株ゆうれいかぶwatered stock; bogus shares
- 幽霊社員ゆうれいしゃいんbogus (phantom) employee
- 幽霊船ゆうれいせんghost ship; phantom ship
- 幽霊話ゆうれいばなしghost story
- 幽霊語ゆうれいごghost word
- 幽霊部員ゆうれいぶいんmember of a (school) club who does not partake in the club's activities
- 御霊会ごりょうえceremony to appease evil gods and the spirits of the dead
- 御霊前ごれいぜんbefore the spirit of the deceased
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 御霊みたまspirit of a deceased person
- こと霊ことだまmysterious power of words to alter reality
- 御霊代みたましろsomething worshiped as a symbol for the spirit of the dead
Other readings
- 幽霊屋敷ゆうれいやしきhaunted house
- 幽霊文字ゆうれいもじghost character (apocryphal JIS kanji); phantom character
- 幽霊烏賊ゆうれいいかChiroteuthis imperator (species of squid)
- 幽霊蜘蛛ゆうれいぐもpholcid spider (any spider of family Pholcidae, esp. species Pholcus crypticolens)
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