Japanese

Noun

精霊 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 精靈, hiragana せいれい, romaji seirei)

1. a ghost
2. a departed soul
3. a dead spirit, (a) spirit(s) of the dead

See also

• 幽霊 (ゆうれい) ‎(yūrei): "ghost," "phantom," "bogey man," "spectre," an "apparition," the soul of someone who cannot move on
• 怨霊 (おんりょう) ‎(onryō): "a vengeful, unquiet ghost"