悪霊(あくりょう) あくりょう noun evil spirit; malevolent ghost religion 1. evil spirit; malevolent ghost A spirit, often of a dead person, that brings harm or misfortune to the living. Common in horror stories and in talk of exorcism. 悪霊(あくりょう)を追(お)い払(はら)う。 To drive out an evil spirit. この家(いえ)には悪霊(あくりょう)がいるらしい。 They say there is an evil spirit in this house. 映画(えいが)の中(なか)で、神父(しんぷ)が少女(しょうじょ)に取(と)りついた悪霊(あくりょう)と戦(たたか)う。 In the film, a priest battles the evil spirit possessing a young girl. Common collocations悪霊(あくりょう)に取(と)りつかれる: to be possessed by an evil spirit悪霊(あくりょう)を払(はら)う / 祓(はら)う: to exorcise an evil spirit悪霊(あくりょう)退散(たいさん): 'begone, evil spirits!' (a set chant, often joking)Similar words怨霊(おんりょう): vengeful ghost of someone who died with a grudge幽霊(ゆうれい): ghost (neutral, not necessarily harmful)悪魔(あくま): devil, demon (Christian or general sense, not a dead person's spirit) Related Words Compare: 怨霊(おんりょう) (vengeful ghost of someone who died…) Compare: 幽霊(ゆうれい) (ghost) Compare: 悪魔(あくま) (devil, demon) general Added 2026.10.7 9:56 · Revised 2026.10.7 9:58 31500/31659_akuryou