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    3. 怨霊

    怨霊

    怨おん霊りょう

    revengeful ghost

    KMT10News #47+1NounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab24 strokes

    おんりょう

    Noun

    1.
    revengeful ghost, apparition

    Stroke 0 / 24

    Speed1.0x

    その屋や敷しきには怨おん霊りょうが出でると噂うわさされている。

    It is rumored that a vengeful ghost appears in that mansion.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsEmotions & Psychology
    日に本ほんの古こ典てん文ぶん学がくには、多おおくの怨おん霊りょうが登とう場じょうする。

    Many vengeful spirits appear in classical Japanese literature.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsLiterature
    人ひと々びとは怨おん霊りょうの祟たたりを恐おそれ、鎮ちん魂こんの儀ぎ式しきを行おこなった。

    People feared the curse of vengeful spirits and performed rituals to appease them.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy
    平へい安あん時じ代だいには、怨おん霊りょう信しん仰こうが社しゃ会かいに大おおきな影えい響きょうを与あたえた。

    During the Heian period, the belief in vengeful spirits greatly influenced society.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsHistory
    歌か舞ぶ伎きの演えん目もくには、怨おん霊りょうが主しゅ役やくとなる悲ひ劇げきも少すくなくない。

    There are many tragedies in Kabuki plays where vengeful spirits are the main characters.

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    Kanji that make up this word

    怨
    うら.む・うらみ・うら.めしい…(3)
    grudge・show resentment・be jealous
    霊
    たま…(2)
    spirits・soul
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