霊鬼

Japanese
Kanji in this term
霊 鬼
れい
Grade: S		 き
Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

霊鬼 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 靈鬼, hiragana れいき, rōmaji reiki)

  1. A spirit of the dead (particularly malevolent).

See also
  • 座敷童子, 座敷童 (ざしきわらし, zashiki warashi): A red-faced ghost of a child haunting an old house. Appears in folk tales told in the northeast of Japan.
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