精霊

 精霊 on Japanese Wikipedia

From Middle Chinese 精靈 (MC tsjengH leng, literally “essence, spirit, soul + soul, spirit”). The kan'on, so likely a later borrowing.

• (Tokyo) せーれー (Heiban – )^[1]
• IPA^(key):

精(せい)霊(れい) • (seirei) 

1. the spirit or soul of a thing

   Synonyms: (“spirit, energy, essence of a thing”) 精気 (seiki), (“soul” in general) 魂 (tamashii)

2. the soul of someone who has died

   Synonyms: (“soul, spirit”, generally of a person) 霊魂 (reikon), (“soul” in general) 魂 (tamashii)

3. a supernatural spirit
   • 1999 July 5, “ドリアード”, in BOOSTER 3, Konami:

     森(もり)の精(せい)霊(れい)。草(くさ)木(き)の力(ちから)を借(か)りて相(あい)手(て)の動(うご)きを封(ふう)じる。

     Mori no seirei. Kusaki no chikara o karite aite no ugoki o fūjiru.

     A forest spirit. She borrows the life force of plants to block her opponents’ movements.

Not to be confused with 聖霊 (Seirei, “Holy Spirit”).

From Middle Chinese 精靈 (MC tsjengH leng, literally “essence, spirit, soul + soul, spirit”). The goon, so likely the initial borrowing.

• 聖霊

• (Tokyo) しょーりょー (Atamadaka – )^[1]
• (Tokyo) しょーりょー (Heiban – )^[1]
• IPA^(key):

精(しょう)霊(りょう) • (shōryō) ^{←しやうりやう (syauryau)?}

1. (Buddhism) the soul of someone who has died

   Synonyms: (“soul, spirit”, generally of a person) 霊魂 (reikon), (“soul” in general) 魂 (tamashii)

2. (Buddhism) short for 精霊祭り (Shōryō matsuri), a festival honoring one's ancestors, held mainly on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month
3. (Buddhism) short for 精霊蜻蛉 (Shōryō tonbo), general name given to various kinds of dragonfly that often appear around the time of the Shōryō Matsuri

• 魂(たましい) (tamashī): a soul
• 幽(ゆう)霊(れい) (yūrei): a ghost, a phantom, a spectre, an apparition, the soul of someone who cannot move on
• 怨(おん)霊(りょう) (onryō): a vengeful spirit, an unquiet ghost