also: にいじょうりょう
spirit of someone on their first Obon after death
Refers to the spirit of a person who has died within the past year and is being honored for the first time during the Obon festival. Compare with 新仏 (あらぼとけ), which can also refer to the deceased person or their spirit in a similar context.
See also: 新仏
This Obon, my grandmother will be welcomed as a new spirit.
Standard kanji form for the reading あらしょうりょう.
Alternate reading; less common than あらしょうりょう.
Compound of 新 (あら, 'new') and 精霊 (しょうりょう, 'spirit of the dead'). The reading あら is a native Japanese prefix meaning 'new', while しょうりょう is a Sino-Japanese word for ancestral spirits honored during Obon.