浮遊霊(ふゆうれい)

ふゆうれい
noun
wandering spirit; roving ghost
culture
1. wandering spirit; roving ghost (folklore)
In Japanese folklore and popular spiritualism, the spirit of a dead person that drifts from place to place rather than being tied to one location.
浮遊霊(ふゆうれい)が漂(ただよ)っている。
A wandering spirit is drifting about.
あの森(もり)には浮遊霊(ふゆうれい)がいるらしい。
Apparently there are wandering spirits in that forest.
地縛霊(じばくれい)と違(ちが)い、浮遊霊(ふゆうれい)は一(ひと)つの場所(ばしょ)に縛(しば)られない。
Unlike an earthbound spirit, a wandering spirit is not bound to a single place.

A term from Japanese folklore and popular spiritualism (心霊(しんれい)現象(げんしょう)) for the ghost of a deceased person that roams freely rather than haunting a fixed spot.

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Compare: 地縛霊(じばくれい) (earthbound spirit)
Compare: 幽霊(ゆうれい) (ghost)
Compare: 亡霊(ぼうれい) (departed spirit)
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