Japanese

Noun

霊鬼 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 靈鬼, hiragana れいき, romaji reiki)

1. A spirit of the dead (particularly malevolent).

See also

• 座敷童子, 座敷童 ‎(ざしきわらし, zashiki warashi): A red-faced ghost of a child haunting an old house. Appears in folk tales told in the northeast of Japan.