レイ
Meanings
Noun
1. soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (78 in total)
charm; amulet; talisman
inspiration; afflatus; ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts)
sacred ground
memorial tablet
soul; spirit
guardian spirit of a mountain; mountain god
exorcism
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
mausoleum
spiritual ability
spirit residing in the ground
psychic; psychic medium
spirit; soul; ghost
spiritual power
evil spirit
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul; vengeful spirit (spawned from a dead person's hate); vindictive soul (of a deceased person)
spirit of the dead (esp. of those killed in war); soul of a fallen soldier; person of outstanding talent; gifted person; genius
divine spirit; (Shinto) god; soul (of a dead person); spirit
ghost; spirit; apparition; spiritual body; causal body
the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit
mysterious presence; mysterious atmosphere; aura of mystery
spiritual; incorporeal
miraculous god; wonder-working god
miraculous medicine; miracle drug; wonder drug
clairvoyance
sacred beast
divine nature; spirituality
psychic power
spiritual vein; spiritual current; ley line; occult channel
guardian spirit
one's whole soul
the spiritual world
spirit (e.g. human spirit); soul; spirit; ghost; ethereal being
ancestor spirit; ancestral soul; spirits of one's ancestors; collective ancestral spirit; (in Japanese folk belief) spirits of one's ancestors that have lost their individual identity and merged together
ghost bound to a specific physical location (usu. where death occurred)
making a branch shrine for a deity; enshrining a divided portion of a deity's spirit at another shrine
sacred mountain
summoning spirits; calling down spirits; spirit evocation; communing with spirits; communicating with the dead; spiritualism
(garden) cemetery; park-style cemetery; memorial park
miracle herb; sacred herb; herb with mysterious powers
sacred ground
sword possessing mystical powers; virtuous sword
mysterious power
miraculous efficacy; miracle; miraculous virtue
sacred ground; sacred precincts
the four auspicious beasts from Chinese mythology
wandering ghost
miraculous stone; magical rock
miraculous; wonderful
crown (of creation); apex; the best
animal spirit; animal ghost
elixir; ichor; divine fluid
powerful spirit; power of the emperor
miraculous (miracle-working) water
before the spirit of the deceased
mystic wisdom
shrine; mausoleum
ancestral spirits
coffin; casket
body and soul
flesh and spirit
miracle; wonder; wondrous thing
something worshiped as a symbol for the spirit of the dead; imperial seal
vengeful spirit (spawned from a person's hate); doppelgänger; co-walker; humankind; humanity; the people
All Souls' Day
experience of seeing a ghost
spirit of goodness
Christian name; baptismal name
the loyal dead
stubborn and ignorant
Reiyukai (Buddhist sect founded in 1919 as an offshoot of Nichiren Buddhism)
wondrous virtue; miraculous virtue
spirit (hiding behind one's back); guiding spirit; ghost
nature spirit; spirit lacking a physical form; elemental
The Spirits' Book (1857)
observatory for astronomy, cloud-watching, etc.; astronomical expert; place where the soul is located
Examples (4 in total)
Mary can communicate with ghosts.
That house is haunted by Tom's ghost.
The medieval church despised the body and exalted the spirit.