憑

Meaning

憑 centers on leaning on something for support or authority: depending on evidence, relying on a source, or acting according to a basis. The possess/haunt sense extends this idea to a spirit leaning on or clinging to a person.

• 憑依ひょうい

  possession (by a spirit, demon, etc.)

• 信憑しんぴょう

  trust; credit; credence

• 憑かれるつかれる

  to be possessed

• 憑き物つきもの

  evil spirit (that possesses someone); demon; devil

• 信憑性しんぴょうせい

  authenticity; credibility

• 取り憑くとりつく

  to possess (someone; of an evil spirit, idea, etc.); to take hold of; to haunt

• 悪魔憑きあくまつき

  person possessed by an evil spirit; possession by an evil spirit

• 憑くつく

  to possess; to haunt

• 憑坐よりまし

  child or doll used as a vessel for a spirit invoked by a shaman or miko

• 憑拠ひょうきょ

  basis; foundation; reliance

• 憑霊ひょうれい

  spirit possession

• 物憑きものつき

  being possessed (by a spirit); possessed person

• 犬憑きいぬつき

  cynanthropy

• 狐憑ききつねつき

  possession by a fox spirit; person possessed by a fox spirit

• 証憑しょうひょう

  voucher; documentary evidence of a transaction

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