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    3. 悪霊

    悪霊

    悪あく霊りょう

    evil spirit

    KMT10News #34+1NounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab26 strokes

    あくりょうあくれい

    Noun

    1.
    evil spirit

    Stroke 0 / 26

    Speed1.0x

    その家いえには悪あく霊りょうがいると噂うわさされている。

    It is rumored that there is an evil spirit in that house.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsHome & Housing
    悪あく霊りょうを退たい散さんさせるため、祈き祷とう師しが呼よばれた。

    A shaman was called to drive away the evil spirit.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy
    古こ代だいの信しん仰こうでは、悪あく霊りょうは病びょう気きや災さい害がいの原げん因いんと考かんがえられていた。

    In ancient beliefs, evil spirits were thought to be the cause of illness and disaster.

    KMT10HistoryReligion & PhilosophyMedicine & Health
    悪あく霊りょうを払はらう儀ぎ式しきは、日に本ほんの伝でん統とう文ぶん化かの一いち部ぶだ。

    Rituals to ward off evil spirits are a part of traditional Japanese culture.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy
    悪あく霊りょうに取とり憑つかれた人ひと々びとを救すくう物ものが語たりは、多おおくの民みん話わに登とう場じょうする。

    Stories of saving people possessed by evil spirits appear in many folk tales.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsLiterature

    Kanji that make up this word

    悪
    わる.い・わる-・あ.し・にく.い・-にく.い・ああ…(5)
    bad・vice・rascal・false・evil…(1)
    霊
    たま…(2)
    spirits・soul
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