Ghost - Yūrei

Japanese: 幽霊 - ゆうれい

[1] 〘Noun〙① The spirit of the dead. A ghost. ※Chuu-u-ki, December 4, 1089, Kanji 3rd year: “Every year, recite _this _prayer today, for this is the wish of _a ghost to attain _{enlightenment} .” 〔Book of the Later Han, Huo Zhuan〕② The appearance of a dead person who cannot attain nirvana and appears in this world. Also, a monster. A ghost. ※Noh play, Funa Benkei (c. 1516): “In the first place, this is the ghost of Taira no Tomomori, the ninth descendant of Emperor Kanmu.”③ A prostitute wearing a white wedding kimono on the day of the Hassaku orange festival is likened to ②. ※Zappai, Yanagi Taru-san-ichi (1805): “The scary thing of asking for a ghostly moon viewing.”④ A word used to refer to something that does not actually exist but is made to look like it does. “Ghost company” “Ghost population” etc. [2] (Original title: Gengangere) A play. Three acts. Written by Ibsen. Produced in 1881. It premiered in Helsinki in 1983. Mrs. Alving, who had kept her late husband's misdeeds a secret from the public and from her son, is driven to despair when her son Oswald, who has contracted his father's disease and is suffering from dementia, sees the ghost of her husband.

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Japanese:

[1] 〘名〙① 死者の霊魂。亡魂。※中右記‐寛治三年（1089）一二月四日「毎年今日可_二念誦_一、是為_二本願幽霊成道_一也」〔後漢書‐霍伝〕② 死者が成仏できないで、この世に現わすという姿。また、妖怪。おばけ。※謡曲・舟弁慶（1516頃）「そもそもこれは、桓武天皇九代の後胤、平の知盛幽霊なり」③ 八朔に白無垢を着た遊女を②に見立てていう。※雑俳・柳多留‐三一（1805）「ゆうれいの月見をたのむこわい事」④ 実際は存在しないのに、あるように見せかけたものをいう語。「幽霊会社」「幽霊人口」など。[2] (原題Gengangere) 戯曲。三幕。イプセン作。一八八一年作。八三年ヘルシンキで初演。亡夫の不行跡を世間や息子に秘めてきたアルビング夫人が、父の病毒を受けて痴呆状態になる息子オスワルドに、夫の幽霊をみて絶望にいたるまでを描く。

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