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    3. 精霊

    精霊

    精しょう霊りょう

    spirit of the deceased

    KMT10News #30+1NounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab29 strokes

    聖霊

    しょうりょう

    Noun

    1.
    spirit of the deceased
    Buddhism

    Stroke 0 / 29

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    お盆ぼんには精しょう霊りょうが家いえに帰かえってくると言いわれている。

    It is said that the spirits of the deceased return home during Obon.

    KMT8Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    祖そ先せんの精しょう霊りょうを供く養ようするため、お墓はか参まいりに行いった。

    I visited the grave to honor the spirits of my ancestors.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyFamily & Relationships
    日に本ほんの民みん間かん信しん仰こうでは、自し然ぜん界かいにも多おおくの精しょう霊りょうが宿やどると考かんがえられている。

    In Japanese folk beliefs, it is thought that many spirits also reside in the natural world.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & TraditionsNature & Environment
    精しょう霊りょう流ながしは、お盆ぼんの終おわりに精しょう霊りょうを送おくる伝でん統とう的てきな行ぎょう事じだ。

    Shoryo Nagashi is a traditional event at the end of Obon to send off the spirits of the deceased.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    古こ代だいの人ひと々びとは、精しょう霊りょうの存そん在ざいを信しんじ、畏い敬けいの念ねんを抱いだいていた。

    Ancient people believed in the existence of spirits and held them in awe.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsHistoryReligion & Philosophy

    Kanji that make up this word

    精
    しら.げる・くわ.しい…(3)
    refined・ghost・fairy・energy・vitality…(4)
    霊
    たま…(2)
    spirits・soul
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