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幽霊
yuurei
Description
「幽霊」は、死んだ人の魂が生きている人の前に出てくるものです。
A "幽霊" is the spirit of a dead person that appears before the living.
夏の夜の怖い話や映画によく出てきます。
"幽霊" often appears in scary summer night stories and movies.
Meanings
幽霊yuurei
ghost; spirit of a dead person
あの古いお寺には幽霊が出るそうだ。
I heard that ghost appears in that old temple.
幽霊yuurei
fake or nonexistent thing that exists only on paper
その会社は名前だけの幽霊会社だった。
That company was a ghost company in name only.
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Notes
- Etymology
幽 (dim, faint) + 霊 (spirit, soul), literally a faint spirit.
- Nuance
お化け sounds more casual/childlike; 幽霊 specifically means a dead person's spirit.
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