亡霊（ぼうれい）
JLPT N1 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, then stays high with no drop
Meaning: spirit of the dead
Example sentences
- 過去の亡霊にとらわれない。 — I won't be haunted by ghosts of the past.
- 亡霊が現れる怪談を聞く。 — I listen to a ghost story in which a spirit appears.
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