霊れい験げん

also: れいけん

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Meanings

noun

miraculous efficacy; miracle; miraculous virtue

Refers to the supernatural power or miraculous effect attributed to deities, Buddhas, or sacred objects. Often used in religious contexts.

このお寺てらの観かん音のん様さまは霊れい験げんあらたかだと評ひょう判ばんだ。
The Kannon at this temple is renowned for its miraculous efficacy.
霊れい験げんを信しんじて、毎まい日にちお祈いのりを捧ささげている。
Believing in its miraculous power, I offer prayers every day.

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Kanji

霊spirits, soul
験verification, effect, testing

Related words

ご利り益やく
ご利益 refers more broadly to divine favor or blessing, often in a this-worldly sense, while 霊験 emphasizes miraculous, supernatural power.

Word family

霊れい験げんあらたか
miraculous; wonder-working; magical

Written forms

霊験Usage100%
- れいげん
  Standard kanji spelling. The reading れいけん is also common and listed as a separate form.
- れいけん
  Common alternate reading of the same kanji form.
れいけん

Etymology

Compound of 霊 (rei, 'spirit, soul') and 験 (gen/ken, 'effect, test'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used in Buddhist and Shinto contexts to describe miraculous manifestations.