Etymology

yurei

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Today it means: A ghost, spirit of the dead, in Japanese mythology Full definition →

Japanese 幽霊
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from幽霊
  2. English todayyurei

Borrowed from Japanese 幽霊 (yūrei).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.