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Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [jɯ̟ːɾe̞ː] Forms: 幽霊 [canonical] (ruby: (ゆう), (れい)), yūrei [romanization], iurei [romanization], いうれい [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese compound 幽靈/幽灵 (ʔjiw leng, literally “dark + supernatural”). Compare modern Mandarin reading yōulíng, Min Nan iu-lêng. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|-|sort=ゆうれい}} Middle Chinese, {{cog|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{cog|nan|-}} Min Nan Head templates: {{ja-noun|ゆうれい|hhira=いうれい}} 幽(ゆう)霊(れい) • (yūrei) ^(←いうれい (iurei)?)
  1. a ghost, a phantom Wikipedia link: Yūrei, ja:幽霊 Categories (topical): Ghosts Synonyms: お化け (obake) (ruby: ()) (english: a ghost, a monster), 死霊, 死霊 (shiryō) (ruby: 死霊(しりょう), 死霊(しれい)) (english: a spirit of the dead, a ghost, a departed soul)
    Sense id: en-幽霊-ja-noun-TIwW6ZvA Categories (other): Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Derived forms: 幽霊烏賊 (yūreiika) (ruby: 幽霊烏賊(ゆうれいいか)), 幽霊会社: a phantom company: a paper company (yūreigaisha), a company that exists in name only, 幽霊株: phantom shares (yūrei kabu), phantom stock: company stock that has not actually been traded, but for which a sale, purchase is fraudulently recorded, 幽霊蜘蛛 (yūreigumo) (ruby: 幽霊蜘蛛(ゆうれいぐも)) (english: daddy longlegs spider), 幽霊人口: phantom population: population figures that are artificially inflated from fraudulent paperwork (yūrei jinkō) (ruby: 幽霊人口(ゆうれいじんこう)), 幽霊船 (yūreisen) (ruby: 幽霊船(ゆうれいせん)) (english: a ghost ship), 幽霊茸 (yūreitake) (ruby: 幽霊茸(ゆうれいたけ)), 幽霊の正体見たり枯れ尾花 (yūrei no shōtai mitari kare obana) (ruby: 幽霊(ゆうれい), 正体見(しょうたいみ), (), 尾花(おばな)), 幽霊の浜風 (yūrei no hamakaze) (ruby: 幽霊(ゆうれい), 浜風(はまかぜ)), 幽霊花 (yūreibana) (ruby: 幽霊花(ゆうれいばな)), 幽霊火 (yūreibi) (ruby: 幽霊火(ゆうれいび)), 幽霊文字 (yūrei moji) (ruby: 幽霊文字(ゆうれいもじ)) (english: ghost characters, Chinese characters of unknown origin or meaning), 幽霊屋敷 (yūrei yashiki) (ruby: 幽霊屋敷(ゆうれいやしき)) (english: a haunted house)

Noun [Okinawan]

Forms: yūrī [romanization], ゆーりー [hiragana]
Etymology: Cognate with Japanese 幽霊 (yūrei). Etymology templates: {{cog|ja|幽霊|tr=yūrei}} Japanese 幽霊 (yūrei) Head templates: {{ryu-head|noun|ゆーりー}} 幽霊(ゆーりー) (yūrī)
  1. ghost Categories (topical): Ghosts

Inflected forms

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        "2": "幽霊",
        "tr": "yūrei"
      },
      "expansion": "Japanese 幽霊 (yūrei)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Japanese 幽霊 (yūrei).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yūrī",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ゆーりー",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "ゆーりー"
      },
      "expansion": "幽霊(ゆーりー) (yūrī)",
      "name": "ryu-head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Okinawan",
  "lang_code": "ryu",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Okinawan entries with incorrect language header",
        "Okinawan lemmas",
        "Okinawan nouns",
        "Okinawan terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
        "Okinawan terms with 2 kanji",
        "Okinawan terms with multiple readings",
        "Okinawan terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ryu:Ghosts"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ghost"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ghost",
          "ghost"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "幽霊"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 幽霊 meaning in All languages combined (4.8kB)

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  "path": [
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "幽霊",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
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  "subsection": "noun",
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