怨おん霊りょう

noun

vengeful ghost; revengeful spirit

A spirit of the dead that returns to seek vengeance, often due to a grudge held in life. Common in Japanese folklore and horror contexts.

• この映えい画がは怨おん霊りょうに取とり憑つかれた家か族ぞくの話はなしです。

  This movie is about a family haunted by a vengeful ghost.

• 平へい安あん時じ代だいの物もの語がたりには怨おん霊りょうがよく登とう場じょうする。

  Vengeful spirits often appear in Heian-period tales.