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    3. 英霊

    英霊

    英えい霊れい

    spirits of war dead

    KMT10News #33+1NounHistoryReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab23 strokes

    えいれい

    Noun

    1.
    spirits of war dead
    2.
    person of great ability, soul of a talented person

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    戦せん争そうで亡なくなった英えい霊れいに祈いのりを捧ささげた。

    I offered prayers to the spirits of the war dead.

    KMT8Religion & PhilosophyHistory
    靖やす国くに神じん社じゃには多おおくの英えい霊れいが祀まつられている。

    Many spirits of the war dead are enshrined at Yasukuni Shrine.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyHistoryCulture & Traditions
    彼かれらの犠ぎ牲せいは、国こっ家かの礎いしずえとなった英えい霊れいたちの功こう績せきとして語かたり継つがれるだろう。

    Their sacrifice will be passed down as the achievements of the heroic spirits who became the foundation of the nation.

    KMT10HistoryPolitics & Law
    毎まい年とし、終しゅう戦せん記き念ねん日びには、英えい霊れいを追つい悼とうする式しき典てんが行おこなわれる。

    Every year, on the anniversary of the end of the war, ceremonies are held to mourn the war dead.

    KMT10HistoryCulture & Traditions
    英えい霊れいの魂たましいは、故こ郷きょうの山や々まや海まやうみを見み守まもっていると信しんじられている。

    It is believed that the souls of the war dead watch over the mountains and seas of their homeland.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyNature & Environment

    Kanji that make up this word

    英
    はなぶさ…(10)
    England・English・hero・outstanding・calyx
    霊
    たま…(2)
    spirits・soul
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