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xiān
    xian1
hsien
 hisa
    ひさ

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Immortal
immortal
(1) (See 仙人・1) hermit; wizard; (2) (See 仙術) wizardry; (personal name) Hisa
僊 ṛṣi, 哩始 an immortal. 仙人; 人仙 the genī, of whom there is a famous group of eight 八仙; an ascetic, a man of the hills, a hermit; the Buddha. The 楞嚴經 gives ten kinds of immortals, walkers on the earth, fliers, wanderers at will, into space, into the deva heavens, transforming themselves into any form, etc. The names of ten ṛṣis, who preceded Śākyamuni, the first being 闍提首那? Jatisena; there is also a list of sixty-eight 大仙 given in the 大孔雀咒經下 A classification of five is 天仙 deva genī, 神仙 spirit genī, 人仙 human genī, 地仙 earth, or cavern genī, and 鬼仙 ghost genī.

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líng
    ling2
ling
 rei / re
    れい

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Rai / Rei
Japanese variant of 靈|灵
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost; (given name) Rei

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guǐ
    gui3
kuei
 oni(p); ki
    おに(P); き

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Ghost Demon
disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 詭|诡[gui3]); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy
(1) ogre; demon; oni; (2) (See 亡魂) spirit of a deceased person; (3) (おに only) ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); (4) (おに only) (See 鬼ごっこ・おにごっこ) it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); (5) (き only) {astron} (See 二十八宿,朱雀・すざく・2) Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (prefix) (6) (おに only) (slang) (See 超・1) very; extremely; super-; (surname) Miniwa
preta 薜荔多, departed, dead; a disembodied spirit, dead person, ghost; a demon, evil being; especially a 餓鬼 hungry ghost. They are of many kinds. The Fan-i ming i classifies them as poor, medium, and rich; each again thrice subdivided: (1) (a) with mouths like burning torches; (b) throats no bigger than needles; (c) vile breath, disgusting to themselves; (2) (a) needle-haired, self-piercing; (b) hair sharp and stinking; (c) having great wens on whose pus they must feed. (3) (a) living on the remains of sacrifices; (b) on leavings in general; (c) powerful ones, yakṣas, rākṣasas, piśācas, etc. All belong to the realm of Yama, whence they are sent everywhere, consequently are ubiquitous in every house, lane, market, mound, stream, tree, etc.

妖怪

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yāo guài
    yao1 guai4
yao kuai
 youkai / yokai
    ようかい

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Ghost / Apparition / Phantom
monster; devil
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon; monster; goblin; yōkai

妖魔

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yāo mó
    yao1 mo2
yao mo
 youma / yoma
    ようま

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Demon / Ghost / Apparition
demon
ghost; apparition

無常


无常

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wú cháng
    wu2 chang2
wu ch`ang
    wu chang
 mujou / mujo
    むじょう

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Impermanence
variable; changeable; fickle; impermanence (Sanskrit: anitya); ghost taking away the soul after death; to pass away; to die
(n,adj-na,adj-no) {Buddh} (ant: 常住・2) uncertainty; transiency; impermanence; mutability
anitya. Impermanent; the first of the 三明 trividyā; that all things are impermanent, their birth, existence, change, and death never resting for a moment.

魂魄

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hún pò
    hun2 po4
hun p`o
    hun po
 konpaku
    こんぱく

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Ghost / Soul / Spirit
soul
soul; spirit; ghost
Animus and anima; the spiritual nature or mind, and the animal soul; the two are defined as mind and body or mental and physical, the invisible soul inhabiting the visible body, the former being celestial, the latter terrestrial.

餓鬼


饿鬼

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è guǐ
    e4 gui3
o kuei
 gaki; gaki
    がき; ガキ
sb who is always hungry; glutton; (Buddhism) hungry ghost
(1) (kana only) (colloquialism) brat; kid; urchin; little devil; (2) {Buddh} (orig. meaning) preta; hungry ghost
pretas, hungry spirits, one of the three lower destinies. They are of varied classes, numbering nine or thirty-six, and are in differing degrees and kinds of suffering, some wealthy and of light torment, others possessing nothing and in perpetual torment; some are jailers and executioners of Yama in the hells, others wander to and fro amongst men, especially at night. Their city or region is called 餓鬼城; 餓鬼界. Their destination or path is the 餓鬼趣 or 餓鬼道.

倀


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chāng
    chang1
ch`ang
    chang
(bound form) ghost of sb devoured by a tiger who helps the tiger devour others

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    yu4
ghost of a child

七趣

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qī qù
    qi1 qu4
ch`i ch`ü
    chi chü
 shichishu
The seven gati or states of sentient beings- nārakagati, in hell; preta, hungry ghost; tiryagyoni, animal; manuṣya, man; ṛṣi, a genius or higher spiritual being; deva, god; asura, demon of the higher order.

中元

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zhōng yuán
    zhong1 yuan2
chung yüan
 chuugen / chugen
    ちゅうげん
Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased
(1) 15th day of the 7th lunar month; (last day of) Bon lantern festival; (2) (See お中元) mid-year gift; summer gift; Bon Festival gifts; (surname) Nakamoto
The fifteenth of the seventh moon; see 孟蘭盆.

亡者

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wáng zhě
    wang2 zhe3
wang che
 mouja / moja
    もうじゃ
the deceased
(1) {Buddh} the dead; ghost; (2) (usu. as 〜の亡者) person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)
Dead; the dead.

亡霊

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 bourei / bore
    ぼうれい
(1) departed spirit; soul of the dead; (2) ghost; apparition

代作

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 daisaku
    だいさく
(noun, transitive verb) ghost-writing; (personal name) Daisaku

代寫


代写

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dài xiě
    dai4 xie3
tai hsieh
to write as substitute for sb; a ghost writer; plagiarism

作怪

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zuò guài
    zuo4 guai4
tso kuai
(of a ghost) to make strange things happen; to act up; to act behind the scenes; to make mischief; odd; to misbehave (euphemism for having sex)

倀鬼


伥鬼

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chāng guǐ
    chang1 gui3
ch`ang kuei
    chang kuei
ghost of sb devoured by a tiger who helps the tiger devour others

做鬼

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zuò guǐ
    zuo4 gui3
tso kuei
to play tricks; to cheat; to get up to mischief; to become a ghost; to give up the ghost

六道

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liù dào
    liu4 dao4
liu tao
 rokudou; rikudou / rokudo; rikudo
    ろくどう; りくどう
{Buddh} the six realms (Deva realm, Asura realm, Human realm, Animal realm, Hungry Ghost realm, Naraka realm); (place-name) Rokudō
The six ways or conditions of sentient existence; v. 六趣; the three higher are the 上三途, the three lower 下三途.

冤魂

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yuān hún
    yuan1 hun2
yüan hun
ghost of one who died unjustly; departed spirit demanding vengeance for grievances

冥婚

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míng hūn
    ming2 hun1
ming hun
posomethingumous or ghost marriage (in which at least one of the bride and groom is dead)

冥界

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míng jiè
    ming2 jie4
ming chieh
 meikai / mekai
    めいかい
ghost world
hades; realm of the dead
Hades, or the three lower forms of incarnation, i.e. hell, preta, animal.

冥道

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míng dào
    ming2 dao4
ming tao
 meidō
the gateway to the ghost world
冥途; 冥土 The dark way, or land of darkness, the shades, Hades, pretas, etc.

出沒


出没

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chū mò
    chu1 mo4
ch`u mo
    chu mo
to come and go; to roam about (mostly unseen); (of a ghost) to haunt (a place); (of a criminal) to stalk (the streets); (of the sun) to rise and set
See: 出没

刀途

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dāo tú
    dao1 tu2
tao t`u
    tao tu
 tōto
The gati or path of rebirth as an animal, so called because animals are subjects of the butcher's knife.

化女

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huà nǚ
    hua4 nv3
hua nü
 kenyo; kejo
    けにょ; けじょ
(1) {Buddh} Buddha or Bodhisattva appearing in female form; female incarnation; (2) female ghost; female apparition
is 化人 in female form.

化物

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huà wù
    hua4 wu4
hua wu
 kemotsu
    ばけもん
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre; specter
to convert beings

変化

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 henge
    へんげ
(n,vs,vi) (1) shapeshifting (of an animal or spirit); goblin; ghost; apparition; bugbear; (n,vs,vi) (2) (See 権化・1) incarnation; (n,vs,vi) (3) transformation

女怪

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 jokai
    じょかい
female ghost; female apparition; female monster

妖姫

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 youki / yoki
    ようき
(1) ghostly, beautiful woman; (2) ghost of a beautiful woman

妖鬼

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 youki / yoki
    ようき
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon; monster; goblin

孕女

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 ubume
    うぶめ
(1) Ubume; birthing woman ghost in Japanese folklore; (2) (obscure) woman in late pregnancy; woman on the point of giving birth

尻目

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 shirime
    しりめ
(1) backward glance; sidelong glance; (2) faceless ghost with an eye in its rump

屍鬼


尸鬼

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shī guǐ
    shi1 gui3
shih kuei
 shiki
A corpse-ghost (called up to kill an enemy).

已生

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yǐ shēng
    yi3 sheng1
i sheng
 ishō
部多 bhūta. Become, the moment just come into existence, the present moment; being, existing; a being, ghost, demon; a fact; an element, of which the Hindus have five— earth, water, fire, air, ether; the past.

幻妖

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 genyou / genyo
    げんよう
(noun/participle) (1) confusing people; (noun/participle) (2) magic; (noun/participle) (3) ghost, monster, etc., the true identity of which is unknown

幽怪

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 yuukai / yukai
    ゆうかい
(archaism) ghost; apparition; spirit

幽霊

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 yuurei / yure
    ゆうれい
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

幽靈


幽灵

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yōu líng
    you1 ling2
yu ling
specter; apparition; ghost

幽鬼

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 yuuki / yuki
    ゆうき
ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul

幽魂

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yōu hún
    you1 hun2
yu hun
 yuukon / yukon
    ゆうこん
ghost; spirit (of the dead)
spirits of the dead

廃村

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 haison
    はいそん
(See ゴーストタウン) ghost town; deserted village; village without inhabitants

後目

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 shirime
    しりめ
(out-dated kanji) (1) backward glance; sidelong glance; (2) faceless ghost with an eye in its rump

心霊

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 shinrei / shinre
    しんれい
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) spirit (e.g. human spirit); soul; (2) spirit; ghost; ethereal being; (female given name) Kokoa

心鬼

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xīn guǐ
    xin1 gui3
hsin kuei
 shinki kokoro-no-oni
A perverse mind, whose karma will be that of a wandering ghost.

怨害

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yuàn hài
    yuan4 hai4
yüan hai
 ongai
    おんがい
(rare) damages caused by an evil apparition; a ghost's curse
to offend

怨霊

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 onryou / onryo
    おんりょう
revengeful ghost; apparition

怨靈


怨灵

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yuàn líng
    yuan4 ling2
yüan ling
 onryō
An avenging spirit or ghost.

怪異


怪异

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guài yì
    guai4 yi4
kuai i
 kaii / kai
    かいい
monstrous; strange; strange phenomenon
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) mystery; curiosity; strangeness; monstrosity; (2) ghost; monster; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; goblin

怪談

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 kaidan
    かいだん
ghost story; tale of the supernatural

曲物

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 wagemono
    わげもの
    magemono
    まげもの
    kusemono
    くせもの
circular box; (1) circular box; (2) article for pawning; (1) ruffian; villain; knave; thief; suspicious fellow; (2) peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; stubborn fellow; (3) tricky thing; something that is more than it seems; (4) expert; master; highly skilled person; (5) goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre; specter

曲者

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 kusemono
    くせもの
(1) ruffian; villain; knave; thief; suspicious fellow; (2) peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; stubborn fellow; (3) tricky thing; something that is more than it seems; (4) expert; master; highly skilled person; (5) goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre; specter

歌台

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gē tái
    ge1 tai2
ko t`ai
    ko tai
boisterous live show held during the Ghost Festival 中元節|中元节[Zhong1 yuan2 jie2] in Singapore and other parts of Southeast Asia

死城

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sǐ chéng
    si3 cheng2
ssu ch`eng
    ssu cheng
ghost town

死都

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 shito
    しと
dead city; ghost town

死霊

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 shiryou; shirei / shiryo; shire
    しりょう; しれい
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul

死靈


死灵

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sǐ líng
    si3 ling2
ssu ling
 shirei
The spirit of one who is dead, a ghost.

殺鬼


杀鬼

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shā guǐ
    sha1 gui3
sha kuei
 satsuki
    さつき
(female given name) Satsuki
To slay demons; a ghost of the slain; a murderous demon; a metaphor for impermanence.

溷鬼

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hùn guǐ
    hun4 gui3
hun kuei
 konki
ghost of the privy

燄口


焰口

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yàn kǒu
    yan4 kou3
yen k`ou
    yen kou
 enku
UIkā-mukha. Flaming mouth, a hungry ghost or preta, that is represented as appearing to Ānanda in the 救拔燄ロ餓鬼陀羅尼經 (B.N. 984).

狐女

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hú nǚ
    hu2 nu:3
hu nü
fox lady; in folk stories, a beautiful girl who will seduce you then reveal herself as a ghost

産女

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 ubume
    うぶめ
(1) Ubume; birthing woman ghost in Japanese folklore; (2) (obscure) woman in late pregnancy; woman on the point of giving birth; (place-name) Ubume

異物


异物

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yì wù
    yi4 wu4
i wu
 ibutsu
    いぶつ
rarity; rare delicacy; foreign matter; alien body; the dead; ghost; monstrosity; alien life-form
(1) foreign substance; foreign body; foreign contamination; foreign material; (2) strange object; unusual object; (3) (archaism) dead body; corpse; remains

疲男

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 yaseotoko
    やせおとこ
(1) skinny man; shabby-looking man; (2) noh mask representing a male ghost

癖者

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 kusemono
    くせもの
(1) ruffian; villain; knave; thief; suspicious fellow; (2) peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; stubborn fellow; (3) tricky thing; something that is more than it seems; (4) expert; master; highly skilled person; (5) goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre; specter

白鬼

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bái guǐ
    bai2 gui3
pai kuei
"white ghost", derogatory term for caucasians (Cantonese)

砂蟹

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 sunagani; sunagani
    すながに; スナガニ
(kana only) Ocypode stimpsoni (species of ghost crab, sand crab or white crab)

破齋


破斋

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pò zhāi
    po4 zhai1
p`o chai
    po chai
 hasai
To break the monastic rule of the regulation food, or time for meals, for which the punishment is hell, or to become a hungry ghost like the kind with throats small as needles and distended bellies, or to become an animal.

精怪

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jīng guài
    jing1 guai4
ching kuai
supernatural being (such as a demon, monster, ghost, spirit, gremlin etc)

精霊

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 seirei / sere
    せいれい
spirit; soul; ghost

聖霊

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 seirei / sere
    せいれい
{Christn} the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit

聖靈


圣灵

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shèng líng
    sheng4 ling2
sheng ling
 shōryō
Holy Ghost; Holy Spirit
The saintly spirits (of the dead).

薜茘

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bì lì
    bi4 li4
pi li
(薜茘多) cf. 閉 preta, intp. as an ancestral spirit, but chiefly as a hungry ghost who is also harmful.

銀鮫

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 ginzame; ginzame
    ぎんざめ; ギンザメ
(kana only) silver chimaera (Chimaera phantasma, species of deep water cartilaginous ghost shark from the Western Pacific)

閃多


闪多

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shǎn duō
    shan3 duo1
shan to
 senta
A demon; one of Yama's names.

阿飄


阿飘

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ā piāo
    a1 piao1
a p`iao
    a piao
(coll.) ghost (Tw)

陰婚


阴婚

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yīn hūn
    yin1 hun1
yin hun
ghost marriage (in which one or both parties are dead)

陰魂


阴魂

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yīn hún
    yin1 hun2
yin hun
ghost; spirit

電脳

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 dennou / denno
    でんのう
(1) (from Chinese) (See コンピューター) computer; (2) (orig. from the manga "Ghost in the Shell") cyberbrain; digital brain

顚鬼

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diān guǐ
    dian1 gui3
tien kuei
a confounded ghost

飄飄


飘飘

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piāo piāo
    piao1 piao1
p`iao p`iao
    piao piao
 hyouhyou / hyohyo
    ひょうひょう
to float about; to flutter (in the breeze); (dialect) gay guy; (Tw) ghost
(adv-to,adv) (1) whistling (of the wind); blowing; (2) fluttering (in the wind); waving; flapping; flying; (3) tottering; staggering; (4) aimlessly; wandering about; roaming; (5) aloof from the world; easygoing; transcendental; detached

鬼像

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guǐ xiàng
    gui3 xiang4
kuei hsiang
image of a ghost

鬼哭

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 kikoku
    きこく
(archaism) wailings of a restless ghost

鬼城

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guǐ chéng
    gui3 cheng2
kuei ch`eng
    kuei cheng
 kijou / kijo
    きじょう
ghost town
(given name) Kijō
The demon-city, that of the gandharva s.

鬼宿

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 kishuku
    きしゅく
(1) (abbreviation) {astron} (sometimes read たまをのぼし or たまほめぼし) (See 鬼・5,魂讃め星・1,魂緒の星・1) Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (2) (See 鬼宿日) "day of the ghost"

鬼星

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 oniboshi
    おにぼし
(See 鬼宿・1) Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

鬼物

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guǐ wù
    gui3 wu4
kuei wu
ghost(s)

鬼趣

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guǐ qù
    gui3 qu4
kuei ch`ü
    kuei chü
destiny of hungry ghost

鬼道

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guǐ dào
    gui3 dao4
kuei tao
鬼趣 The way or destiny of yakṣas, rākṣasas, and hungry ghosts; 鬼道 also means in league with demons, or following devilish ways.

鬼魂

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guǐ hún
    gui3 hun2
kuei hun
ghost

㖉吒

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zhā
    zha1
cha
Kheṭa, name of a preta, or hungry ghost.

お化け

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 obake
    おばけ
(1) goblin; monster; demon; (2) ghost; apparition

くせ者

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 kusemono
    くせもの
(1) ruffian; villain; knave; thief; suspicious fellow; (2) peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; stubborn fellow; (3) tricky thing; something that is more than it seems; (4) expert; master; highly skilled person; (5) goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre; specter

中元節


中元节

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zhōng yuán jié
    zhong1 yuan2 jie2
chung yüan chieh
Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased

俾禮多


俾礼多

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bì lǐ duō
    bi4 li3 duo1
pi li to
 hireita
preta, a hungry ghost, v. 鬼 10.

動物霊

see styles
 doubutsurei / dobutsure
    どうぶつれい
animal spirit; animal ghost

化け物

see styles
 bakemono
    ばけもん
(ik) goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre; specter; goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre; specter

吊死鬼

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diào sǐ guǐ
    diao4 si3 gui3
tiao ssu kuei
ghost of a person who died by hanging; hanged person; (coll.) inchworm; hangman (word game)

嗝兒屁


嗝儿屁

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gé r pì
    ge2 r5 pi4
ko r p`i
    ko r pi
(dialect) to die; to give up the ghost

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.

Just because a word appears here does not mean it is appropriate for a tattoo, your business name, etc. Please consult a professional before doing anything stupid with this data.

We do offer Chinese and Japanese Tattoo Services. We'll also be happy to help you translate something for other purposes.

No warranty as to the correctness, potential vulgarity, or clarity is expressed or implied. We did not write any of these definitions (though we occasionally act as a contributor/editor to the CC-CEDICT project). You are using this dictionary for free, and you get what you pay for.

The following titles are just to help people who are searching for an Asian dictionary to find this page.

Japanese Kanji Dictionary

Free Asian Dictionary

Chinese Kanji Dictionary

Chinese Words Dictionary

Chinese Language Dictionary

Japanese Chinese Dictionary