► 名詞
霊 [(1)れい] meaning: spirit rank: 3
☆ 彼は死者の霊に取り憑かれている ⇨ He is possessed by the spirit of dead (☛ The spirit of a dead person)
More examples:
- 彼に悪霊が乗り移った ⇨ The evil spirit has taken over him
- 慰霊祭 ⇨ A ritual to console the spirits of the dead
- 戦没者慰霊碑 ⇨ A memorial for veterans died during a war
- 神主が悪霊が退散するよう祈祷した ⇨ A priest prayed for evil spirit to go away
- 悪霊を祓う ⇨ Rid of an evil spirit
- 幽霊組織 ⇨ A ghost organization
- 彼は怨霊に取り憑かれた ⇨ He was possessed by a spirit that holds a grudge against him
- 人間は霊長類だ ⇨ Humans are primates
- 盆には先祖の霊を祭る ⇨ During Bon you pray for the spirits of your ancestors
- この国には恐怖政治の亡霊が今も影を落としている ⇨ The ghost of the terror rule still cast a shadow over this country
- 彼は悪霊に憑かれている ⇨ He is possessed by an evil spirit
- 父の霊前で復讐を誓った ⇨ I swore revenge in front of my father’s tomb
- 悪霊を追い払うための祈祷 ⇨ Prayers to dispel evil spirits
- 遺体は霊安室に安置されている ⇨ The body is placed in the morgue
- 御霊前 ⇨ For the spirit of the deceased