noun
ghost; revenant; spirit of the dead
A literary or slightly old-fashioned term for a ghost or departed soul, often with a dark or eerie nuance. Not the most common everyday word for 'ghost' (compare 幽霊).
古戦場には今も幽鬼が彷徨っているという。
They say ghosts still wander the old battlefield.
彼の目には、まるで幽鬼を見たような恐怖が浮かんでいた。
In his eyes was a terror as if he had seen a ghost.