幻げん姿し

noun

apparition; phantom; vision

Refers to a ghostly or illusory figure, often with a literary or slightly old-fashioned feel. Not an everyday word for 'ghost'.

• 夜よるの森もりで幻げん姿しを見みたと村むら人びとが話はなしていた。

  A villager said he saw an apparition in the forest at night.

• その絵えには、かすかな幻げん姿しが描えがかれている。

  A faint phantom is depicted in that painting.