Kanji
Readingりょう
Frequency6%
Used in (21 in total)
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul
revengeful ghost; apparition
spirit of a deceased person; the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit
vengeful spirit (spawned from a person's hate); doppelgänger; co-walker; mankind; souls; people
ceremony to appease evil gods and the spirits of the dead
shelf with offerings for welcoming the spirits of one's ancestors during the Bon Festival
set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryōiki
miracle; wonder; wondrous thing
floating lanterns or offerings for the spirits of the deceased
vengeful spirit; revengeful ghost
spirit of the deceased
Bon Festival; Buddhist service for the anniversary of the death of Prince Shōtoku (orig. the 22nd day of the 2nd month of the lunar calendar)
straw boat for one's ancestral spirits to sail in
spirit of someone on the first O-Bon after their death
sending off the spirits of the dead
Nihon Ryōiki (Heian period collection of Buddhist stories); An Account of Miracles in Japan; Miraculous Stories from the Japanese Buddhist Tradition
Nihon Ryōiki (Heian period collection of Buddhist stories); An Account of Miracles in Japan; Miraculous Stories from the Japanese Buddhist Tradition
Oriental longheaded locust (Acrida cinerea)
Gonista bicolor (species of grasshopper resembling the Oriental longheaded locust)