Let’s learn Japanese kanji 幽 !

今回の漢字は『幽』。

幽霊 - ゆうれい a ghost, bogus; an apparition

幽かな - かすかな vague, slight, hazy, misty; just about visible/heard

幽玄の美- ゆうげんのび subtle and profound beauty (opposite of flashy/ tacky)

幽居- ゆうきょ a sequestered retreat

※ 黄泉 - よみ  the Nether World, Kingdom of the Dead

P.S. Did you know that Sadako, the ghost apparition from hit book by Kōji Suzuki 鈴木光司 and 1998 movie The Ring リング directed by Hideo Nakata 中田秀夫, is one type of 幽霊 called onryō 怨霊 (vengeful spirit) ?

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