Word Meaning 祖霊

それい sorei

祖霊 is read as それい (sorei) and means ancestor deified as a kami.

Meaning

English

ancestor deified as a kami
spirit of a kami
ancestral spirit
collective of ancestral spirits which have lost their individualities

Reading

Kana

それい

Romaji

sorei

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Rank 146994 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

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祖先の霊

そせんのれい

ancestral spirits

祖先の霊を祭る

そせんのれいをまつる

to perform religious services for the departed souls of one's ancestors

霊

たま

soul

幽霊

ゆうれい

ghost

悪霊

あくれい

evil spirit

御霊

みたま

spirit of a deceased person

亡霊

ぼうれい

departed spirit

霊

れい

soul

慰霊

いれい

consoling the spirits of the dead

全身全霊

ぜんしんぜんれい

complete devotion

英霊

えいれい

spirits of war dead

精霊

しょうりょう

spirit of the deceased

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