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JLPT N1 · Noun

幽霊 (yuurei)

幽霊 (ゆうれい, yuurei) is a Japanese noun meaning “ghost; specter”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
ゆうれい
Romaji
yuurei
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom · noun

Example sentences

その家には幽霊が出るといわれる。
The house is said to be haunted.
Tatoeba #212127

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 幽霊

幽
seclude, confine to a room, deepユウ・ふか.い・かす.か · 9 strokes
霊
spirits, soulレイ・リョウ・たま · 15 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1540590 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.