怨霊

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
怨 霊
おん
Grade: S 		りょう
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
怨靈 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

怨(おん)霊(りょう) • (onryō) ←をんりやう (wonryau)?

  1. a ghost, particularly a vengeful or malevolent one
    • 2011 May 14, “地縛霊(アース・バウンド・スピリット) [Earth-Bound Spirit]”, in BEGINNER'S EDITION 1, Konami:
      闘(たたか)いに敗(やぶ)れた兵(へい)士(し)たちの魂(たましい)が一(ひと)つになった怨(おん)霊(りょう)。この地(ち)に足(あし)を踏(ふ)み入(い)れた者(もの)を地(ち)中(ちゅう)に引(ひ)きずり込(こ)もうとする。
      Tatakai ni yabureta heishi-tachi no tamashī ga hitotsu ni natta onryō. Kono chi ni ashi o fumīreta mono o chichū ni hikizurikomō to suru.
      A vengeful spirit formed by the souls of fallen soldiers. It pulls anyone on the ground above it into the bowels of the earth.

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Synonyms of 怨霊

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