"悪霊" meaning in Japanese

See 悪霊 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [a̠kɯ̟ɾʲo̞ː] Forms: 悪霊 [canonical] (ruby: 悪(あく), 霊(りょう)), akuryō [romanization], akuryau [romanization], あくりやう [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|あくりょう|hhira=あくりやう}} 悪(あく)霊(りょう) • (akuryō) ^(←あくりやう (akuryau)?)
  1. (especially Buddhism, more common) evil spirit Tags: common, especially
    Sense id: en-悪霊-ja-noun-3jM1B1Q7 Categories (other): Buddhism, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 45 55 Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [a̠kɯ̟ɾe̞ː] Forms: 悪霊 [canonical] (ruby: 悪(あく), 霊(れい)), akurei [romanization], あくれい [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|あくれい|hhira=あくれい}} 悪(あく)霊(れい) • (akurei) ^(←あくれい (akurei)?)
  1. (especially Christianity) evil spirit Tags: especially
    Sense id: en-悪霊-ja-noun-3jM1B1Q71 Categories (other): Christianity, 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, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 45 55 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 24 76 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 25 75 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 30 70 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Topics: Christianity
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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Download raw JSONL data for 悪霊 meaning in Japanese (3.2kB)

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