霊れい

noun

soul; spirit; ghost

Refers to the spiritual essence of a person, often after death; can also mean a ghost or supernatural being. Common in religious, philosophical, and everyday contexts.

• 彼かれは霊れいの存そん在ざいを信しんじている。

  He believes in the existence of spirits.

• その古ふるい屋や敷しきには霊れいが出でるという噂うわさだ。

  There's a rumor that a ghost appears in that old mansion.