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Yūrei from the Hyakkai Zukan, c. 1737. Yūrei are figures in Japanese folklore analogous to the Western concept of ghosts.The name consists of two kanji, 幽 (yū), meaning "faint" or "dim" and 霊 (rei), meaning "soul" or "spirit".
Word/name: Japanese: Meaning: Different meanings depending on the kanji used: Yūri or Yuuri (ゆうり, ユウリ) is a separate unisex Japanese given name, ...
A Japanese chimera with the features of the beasts from the Chinese Zodiac: a rat's head, rabbit ears, ox horns, a horse's mane, a rooster's comb, a sheep's beard, a dragon's neck, a back like that of a boar, a tiger's shoulders and belly, monkey arms, a dog's hindquarters, and a snake's tail. Koto-furunushi
Yurie Midori (友利恵, born 1991), Japanese actress and gravure idol; Yurie Miura (友理枝, born 1981), Japanese pianist and actress; Yurie Nabeya (友理枝, born 1993), Japanese volleyball player; Yurie Nagashima (有里枝, born 1973), Japanese photographer; Yurie Omi (友里恵, born 1988), Japanese television reporter and news anchor
In the CJK Compatibility block of Unicode 1.0, there is a square version of the Japanese word for "baht", written in katakana script. [53] The Japanese for "baht" is バ ーツ (bātsu). However, the reference glyph ㌬ and the character name correspond to パ ーツ (pātsu, from English "parts"). [53]
Yūrei-zu (幽霊図) are a genre of Japanese art consisting of painted or woodblock print images of ghosts, demons and other supernatural beings. They are considered to be a subgenre of fūzokuga , "pictures of manners and customs."
The word yuri (百合) translates literally to "lily", and is a relatively common Japanese feminine name. [1] White lilies have been used since the Romantic era of Japanese literature to symbolize beauty and purity in women, and are a de facto symbol of the yuri genre. [2] In 1976, Ito Bungaku, editor of the gay men's magazine Barazoku ...
The spirit (気, ki) is the beginning of one's nature, and when the spirit stagnates, the ones that create a form and produce a voice are called yurei. In the first place, the stagnated spirits of the ghosts desire to fall, and disappear.