Kanji
Readingれい
Frequency90%
Used in (165 in total)
spirit; soul; ghost
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
spiritual power
evil spirit
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul
spirits of war dead; person of great ability; soul of a talented person
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
mysterious turtle (an omen of good luck); Reiki era (715.9.2-717.11.17)
divine spirit
soul; spirit
mysterious presence; mysterious atmosphere; aura of mystery
the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit
spiritual; incorporeal
ghost ship; phantom ship
spirit medium
inspiration; afflatus; ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts, etc.)
miraculous medicine; miracle drug; wonder drug
clairvoyance
miraculous god; wonder-working god
divine nature; spirituality
spiritual ability
guardian spirit
the spiritual world
one's whole soul
spirit (e.g. human spirit); soul; spirit; ghost; ethereal being
ancestral spirit; collective of ancestral spirits which have lost their individualities; ancestor deified as a kami; spirit of a kami
sacred mountain
division of a shrine's tutelary deity, in order to share it with another shrine; spirit divided in such a manner
spiritualist; medium; necromancer
member of a (school) club who does not partake in the club's activities
sacred mountain
spirit residing in the ground
vengeful spirit (spawned from a person's hate); doppelgänger; co-walker; mankind; souls; people
spirit photography; ghost photography
ghost bound to a specific physical location (usu. where death occurred)
communication with the dead
(garden) cemetery; park-style cemetery; memorial park
cenotaph; memorial monument
location where spirits and ghosts allegedly often appear; haunted place
miracle herb; sacred herb; herb with mysterious powers
sacred ground
mysterious power
sacred tree
sword possessing mystical powers; virtuous sword
spirit possession
consoling the spirits of the dead
necromancy; spiritism; spiritualism
miraculous; wonder-working; magical
miraculous efficacy; miracle; miraculous virtue
fox with supernatural powers
charm; amulet; talisman
crown (of creation); apex; the best
sacred ground; sacred precincts
sacred ground
the four auspicious beasts from Chinese mythology
wandering ghost
miraculous stone; magical rock
miraculous; wonderful
immortality of the soul
memorial service
the lord of creation; man; mankind
fraudulent business of selling goods by claiming they will bring supernatural benefits
miraculous spring or fountain
animal spirit; animal ghost
coffin; casket
miraculous (miracle-working) water
powerful spirit; power of the emperor
revelatory dream; revelation; a vision
fear makes the wolf bigger than he is; things are not as scary as they seem; (lit.) the ghost, when examined closely, is withered silver grass
before the spirit of the deceased
a mountain's guardian deity
ancestral spirits
shrine; mausoleum
body and soul
spiritism session; seance
study of psychic phenomena; psychics
spiritualism; spiritualistic ability; ability to cause psychic phenomena
bogus company; paper company
poltergeist
Primates (order of mammals)
flesh and spirit
memorial tablet
spiritism; spiritualism
mystic wisdom
miracle; wonder; wondrous thing
bracket fungus (Ganoderma lucidum); reishi mushroom
spirits of past emperors
monument to the faithful who died in battle
before the spirit of the deceased
unity of body and spirit
experience of seeing a ghost
revelation (by God, spirits, etc.)
joint service for the war dead
Christian name; baptismal name
ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival)
sacred treasure
spirit of goodness
imperial ceremony of ancestor worship formerly held on the autumnal equinox
the loyal dead
stubborn and ignorant
spiritual sympathy; spiritual communion
to perform religious services for the departed souls of one's ancestors
spiritism; worship of the dead
imperial ceremony of ancestor worship formerly held on the vernal equinox
mysterious presence; aura of mystery
bogus (phantom) employee
shrine of imperial ancestors
ghost character (apocryphal JIS kanji); phantom character
pholcid spider (any spider of family Pholcidae, esp. species Pholcus crypticolens); harvestman; daddy longlegs
Reiyukai (Buddhist sect founded in 1919 as an offshoot of Nichiren Buddhism)
spiritual sympathy; spiritual communion
equinoctial ceremony held by the emperor at the shrine of imperial ancestors
Moberly–Jourdain incident
Japan's Three Holy Mountains (Mt. Fuji, Mt. Tate and Mt. Haku)
fraudulent sale of exorcism services (to people led to believe that they are possessed by evil spirits)
Japan's Three Holy Mountains (Mt. Fuji, Mt. Tate and Mt. Haku)
ghost fishing (entangling of marine life by lost or abandoned fishing gear)
The Mummy (1959 film)
wondrous virtue; miraculous virtue
watered stock; bogus shares
list of names of the dead; Book of Souls (in the Yasukuni Shrine)
Chiroteuthis imperator (species of squid)
observatory for astronomy, cloud-watching, etc.; astronomical expert; place where the soul is located
astronomical expert