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    3. 亡霊

    亡霊

    亡ぼう霊れい

    departed spirit

    KMT9News #26+1Ref L2NounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab18 strokes

    ぼうれい

    Noun

    1.
    departed spirit, soul of the dead
    2.
    ghost, apparition

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    古ふるい城しろには亡ぼう霊れいが出でるという噂うわさがある。

    There's a rumor that ghosts appear in the old castle.

    KMT7Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    彼かれは亡ぼう霊れいの存そん在ざいを信しんじています。

    He believes in the existence of ghosts.

    KMT9Religion & Philosophy
    その物ものが語たりは、過か去この悲ひ劇げきに囚とらわれた亡ぼう霊れいの復ふく讐しゅうを描えがいている。

    The story depicts the revenge of a ghost trapped by past tragedies.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyLiterature
    日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきな信しん仰こうでは、亡ぼう霊れいは時ときに現げん世せいに影えい響きょうを与あたえると考かんがえられています。

    In traditional Japanese beliefs, departed spirits are sometimes thought to influence the present world.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    多おおくのホラー映えい画がや小しょう説せつで、亡ぼう霊れいは恐が怖 の象しょう徴ちょうとして描えがかれます。

    In many horror movies and novels, ghosts are depicted as symbols of fear.

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    Kanji that make up this word

    亡
    な.い・な.き-・ほろ.びる・ほろ.ぶ・ほろ.ぼす…(2)
    deceased・the late・dying・perish
    霊
    たま…(2)
    spirits・soul
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