幽霊

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Yūrei

Kanji in this term
幽	霊
ゆう Grade: S	れい Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
幽靈 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 幽靈／幽灵 (ʔjiw leng, literally “dark + supernatural”). Compare modern Mandarin reading yōulíng, Min Nan iu-lêng.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ゆうれー (Atamadaka – )^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key):

Noun

幽(ゆう)霊(れい) • (yūrei) ^{←いうれい (iurei)^?}

a ghost, a phantom

Synonyms

Synonyms

お化(ば)け (obake): a ghost, a monster
死霊(しりょう) (shiryō), 死霊(しれい) (shirei): a spirit of the dead, a ghost, a departed soul

Derived terms

Derived terms

幽霊烏賊(ゆうれいいか) (yūreiika)
幽霊会社(ゆうれいがいしゃ) (yūreigaisha): a phantom company: a paper company, a company that exists in name only
幽霊株(ゆうれいかぶ) (yūrei kabu): phantom shares, phantom stock: company stock that has not actually been traded, but for which a sale or purchase is fraudulently recorded
幽霊蜘蛛(ゆうれいぐも) (yūreigumo): daddy longlegs spider
幽霊人口(ゆうれいじんこう) (yūrei jinkō): phantom population: population figures that are artificially inflated from fraudulent paperwork
幽霊船(ゆうれいせん) (yūreisen): a ghost ship
幽霊茸(ゆうれいたけ) (yūreitake)
幽霊(ゆうれい)の正体見(しょうたいみ)たり枯(か)れ尾花(おばな) (yūrei no shōtai mitari kare obana)
幽霊(ゆうれい)の浜風(はまかぜ) (yūrei no hamakaze)
幽霊花(ゆうれいばな) (yūreibana)
幽霊火(ゆうれいび) (yūreibi)
幽霊文字(ゆうれいもじ) (yūrei moji): ghost characters, Chinese characters of unknown origin or meaning
幽霊屋敷(ゆうれいやしき) (yūrei yashiki): a haunted house

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
幽	霊
Grade: S	Grade: S

Alternative spelling
幽靈 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 幽霊 (yūrei).

Noun

幽霊(ゆーりー) (yūrī)

ghost

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