悪霊

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
悪	霊
あく Grade: 3	りょう Grade: S
goon

Alternative spelling
惡靈 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

(especially Christianity, less common) 悪霊(あくれい) (akurei)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あくりょー [àkúryóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
(Tokyo) あくりょー [àkúꜜryòò] (Nakadaka – [2])^[2]
IPA^(key): [a̠kɯ̟ɾʲo̞ː]

Noun

悪(あく)霊(りょう) • (akuryō) ^{←あくりやう (akuryau)^?}

(especially Buddhism, more common) evil spirit
悪(あく)霊(りょう)退(たい)散(さん)！
Akuryō taisan!
Evil spirits, be gone!

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
悪	霊
あく Grade: 3	れい Grade: S
kan'on

Alternative spelling
惡靈 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

(especially Buddhism) 悪(あく)霊(りょう) (akuryō)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あくれー [àkúréé] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [a̠kɯ̟ɾe̞ː]

Noun

悪(あく)霊(れい) • (akurei) ^{←あくれい (akurei)^?}

(especially Christianity) evil spirit

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN