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    3. 幽霊

    幽霊

    幽ゆう霊れい

    ghost

    N1KMT8News #16+1CoreNounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab24 strokes

    ゆうれい

    Noun

    1.
    ghost, specter, spectre, apparition, phantom

    Stroke 0 / 24

    Speed1.0x

    私わたしは幽ゆう霊れいを見みたことがありません。

    I have never seen a ghost.

    KMT4Culture & Traditions
    アニメや漫まん画がでは、可か愛わい幽いゆう霊れいのキャラクターも人にん気きがあります。

    In anime and manga, cute ghost characters are also popular.

    KMT7Anime & MangaCulture & Traditions
    その古ふるい屋や敷しきには幽ゆう霊れいが出でると噂うわさされています。

    It is rumored that ghosts appear in that old mansion.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsHome & Housing
    日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきな怪かい談だんには、様さま々ざまな幽ゆう霊れいが登とう場じょうします。

    Various ghosts appear in traditional Japanese ghost stories.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsLiterature
    科か学がく的てきには説せつ明めいできない現げん象しょうを、人ひと々びとは幽ゆう霊れいの仕し業わざだと考かんがえることがあります。

    People sometimes attribute scientifically unexplainable phenomena to the work of ghosts.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    幽
    ふか.い・かす.か・くら.い・しろ.い…(1)
    seclude・confine to a room・deep・profound・secluded…(4)
    霊
    たま…(2)
    spirits・soul
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