Meaning
soul · spirits
On'yomi
リョウ · レイ
Kun'yomi
たま
Common compounds (22)
- 霊園 れいえん(garden) cemetery; park-style cemetery; memorial park
- 慰霊 いれいconsoling the spirits of the dead
- 精霊 しょうりょうspirit of the deceased
- 幽霊 ゆうれいghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
- 慰霊祭 いれいさいmemorial service
- 亡霊 ぼうれいdeparted spirit; soul of the dead
- 霊長 れいちょうcrown (of creation); apex; the best
- 御霊 ごりょうspirit of a deceased person
- 英霊 えいれいspirits of war dead
- 霊前 れいぜんbefore the spirit of the deceased
- 悪霊 あくれいevil spirit
- 霊感 れいかんability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts, etc.)