"霊" meaning in Japanese

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Character

Forms: “Jōyō” kanji [common], [kyūjitai]
  1. soul, spirit Tags: kanji, shinjitai
    Sense id: en-霊-ja-character-5Ew6FagL Categories (other): Common kanji, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations Derived forms: 悪霊 (akuryō) (ruby: (あく), (りょう)) (english: evil spirit), 生霊 (ikiryō) (ruby: (いき), (りょう)), 慰霊 (irei) (ruby: (), (れい)), 英霊 (eirei) (ruby: (えい), (れい)), 怨霊 (onryō) (ruby: (おん), (りょう)), 交霊 (kōrei) (ruby: (こう), (れい)), 皇霊 (kōrei) (ruby: (こう), (れい)) (english: spirits of past emperors), 降霊 (kōrei) (ruby: (こう), (れい)), 木霊 (kodama) (ruby: (), (だま)), 言霊 (kotodama) (ruby: (こと), (だま)), 邪霊 (jarei) (ruby: (じゃ), (れい)), 精霊 (shōryō) (ruby: (しょう), (りょう)), 浄霊 (jōrei) (ruby: (じょう), (れい)), 死霊 (shiryō) (ruby: (), (りょう)), 死霊 (shirei) (ruby: (), (れい)), 心霊 (shinrei) (ruby: (しん), (れい)), 聖霊 (seirei) (ruby: (せい), (れい)) (english: Holy Spirit), 精霊 (seirei) (ruby: (せい), (れい)), 地霊 (chirei) (ruby: (), (れい)), 幽霊 (yūrei) (ruby: (ゆう), (れい)), 妖霊 (yōrei) (ruby: (よう), (れい)), 霊異 (reī) (ruby: (れい), ()) (english: miracle), 霊園 (reien) (ruby: (れい), (えん)), 霊化 (reika) (ruby: (れい), ()), 霊感 (reikan) (ruby: (れい), (かん)), 霊気 (reiki) (ruby: (れい), ()), 霊鬼 (reiki) (ruby: (れい), ()), 霊魂 (reikon) (ruby: (れい), (こん)), 霊山 (reizan) (ruby: (れい), (ざん)), 霊芝: lingzhi (reishi) (ruby: (れい), ()), 霊術 (reijutsu) (ruby: (れい), (じゅつ)), 霊水 (reisui) (ruby: (れい), (すい)) (english: miraculous water), 霊草 (reisō) (ruby: (れい), (そう)), 霊体 (reitai) (ruby: (れい), (たい)), 霊長 (reichō) (ruby: (れい), (ちょう)), 霊肉 (reiniku) (ruby: (れい), (にく)) (english: spirit and flesh), 霊魄 (reihaku) (ruby: (れい), (はく)), 霊媒 (reibai) (ruby: (れい), (ばい)), 霊猫: civet (reibyō) (ruby: (れい), (びょう)), 霊魔 (reima) (ruby: (れい), ()), 霊薬 (reiyaku) (ruby: (れい), (やく)), 霊力 (reiryoku) (ruby: (れい), (りょく)), 直霊 (naohi) (ruby: 直霊(なおひ)), 人間霊 (ningenrei) (ruby: (にん), (げん), (れい)), 亡霊 (bōrei) (ruby: (ぼう), (れい))

Noun

IPA: [ɾe̞ː] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (れい)), rei [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 靈/灵 (leng). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=れい}} Middle Chinese, {{m|zh|靈|tr=leng}} 靈/灵 (leng) Head templates: {{ja-noun|れい}} 霊(れい) • (rei)
  1. ghost Synonyms: 幽霊 (yūrei), 死霊 (shiryō), 死霊 (shirei), お化け (o-bake)
    Sense id: en-霊-ja-noun-6tbvA9Ye Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 59 41 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 57 43 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 0 59 41 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 59 41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ta̠ma̠] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (たま)), tama [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|たま}} 霊(たま) • (tama)
  1. a soul, a spirit
    Sense id: en-霊-ja-noun-pNvNNccc Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 50 50 Synonyms: (ki) (ruby: ()), (tamashii) (ruby: (たましい)), (tamashii) (ruby: (たましい)), 魂魄 (konpaku) (ruby: (こん), (ぱく)), (sei) (ruby: (せい)), (kokoro) (ruby: (こころ)), 精神 (seishin) (ruby: (せい), (しん)), 意気 (iki) (ruby: (), ()), 意志 (ishi) (ruby: (), ()), お化け (o-bake) (ruby: ()), ,
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "roman": "shinrei",
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          "word": "心霊"
        },
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          "english": "Holy Spirit",
          "roman": "seirei",
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              "霊",
              "れい"
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          ],
          "word": "聖霊"
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              "霊",
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          ],
          "word": "地霊"
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          "roman": "yūrei",
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              "霊",
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              "妖",
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              "霊",
              "れい"
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          "english": "miracle",
          "roman": "reī",
          "ruby": [
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              "霊",
              "れい"
            ],
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              "異",
              "い"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "霊異"
        },
        {
          "roman": "reien",
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              "霊",
              "れい"
            ],
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              "園",
              "えん"
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          ],
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              "霊",
              "れい"
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              "霊",
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              "霊",
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              "霊",
              "れい"
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              "霊",
              "れい"
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              "霊",
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              "霊",
              "れい"
            ],
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              "芝",
              "し"
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          "roman": "reijutsu",
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              "霊",
              "れい"
            ],
            [
              "術",
              "じゅつ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "霊術"
        },
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          "english": "miraculous water",
          "roman": "reisui",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "霊",
              "れい"
            ],
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              "水",
              "すい"
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          "word": "霊水"
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          "roman": "reisō",
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              "霊",
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          "roman": "reitai",
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              "霊",
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              "体",
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          "roman": "reichō",
          "ruby": [
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              "霊",
              "れい"
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              "長",
              "ちょう"
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          "english": "spirit and flesh",
          "roman": "reiniku",
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              "霊",
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              "肉",
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          "word": "霊肉"
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              "霊",
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              "霊",
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          "word": "霊媒"
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              "霊",
              "れい"
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            [
              "猫",
              "びょう"
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          ],
          "word": "霊猫: civet"
        },
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          "roman": "reima",
          "ruby": [
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              "霊",
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              "魔",
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          "word": "霊魔"
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          "roman": "reiyaku",
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          "word": "霊薬"
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          "roman": "reiryoku",
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              "霊",
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              "力",
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          "word": "霊力"
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              "直霊",
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          "word": "直霊"
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          "roman": "ningenrei",
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              "間",
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              "霊",
              "れい"
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          "word": "人間霊"
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          "roman": "bōrei",
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            [
              "霊",
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          "roman": "sei",
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          "roman": "kokoro",
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          "roman": "seishin",
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          "roman": "iki",
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          "roman": "o-bake",
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      "ipa": "[ta̠ma̠]"
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          "霊",
          "れい"
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      "roman": "seirei",
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    {
      "roman": "chirei",
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          "霊",
          "れい"
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    {
      "roman": "yūrei",
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          "霊",
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      "roman": "yōrei",
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          "霊",
          "れい"
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      "english": "miracle",
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          "い"
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    {
      "roman": "reien",
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      "roman": "reika",
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          "霊",
          "れい"
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          "化",
          "か"
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      "roman": "reikan",
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      "roman": "reiki",
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          "霊",
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          "気",
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      "roman": "reiki",
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      "english": "miraculous water",
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      "roman": "reisō",
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      "roman": "reitai",
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          "霊",
          "れい"
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      "roman": "reichō",
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          "霊",
          "れい"
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      "english": "spirit and flesh",
      "roman": "reiniku",
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        [
          "霊",
          "れい"
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      "roman": "reihaku",
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      "roman": "reibai",
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          "霊",
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      "roman": "reibyō",
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          "霊",
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      "word": "霊猫: civet"
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      "roman": "reima",
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      "roman": "reiryoku",
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          "れい"
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    {
      "roman": "naohi",
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      "roman": "ningenrei",
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      "roman": "bōrei",
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      "roman": "ki",
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    {
      "roman": "tamashii",
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    {
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      "roman": "konpaku",
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        [
          "魄",
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      ],
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    {
      "roman": "sei",
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    {
      "roman": "kokoro",
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      "roman": "seishin",
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          "しん"
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          "き"
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      "word": "意気"
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          "し"
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      "roman": "o-bake",
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      "word": "お化け"
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      "word": "魂"
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