祖霊

Reading

Kana: それい

Romaji: sorei

Definitions

noun

1

ancestral spirit; collective of ancestral spirits which have lost their individualities

2

ancestor deified as a kami; spirit of a kami

Kanji

祖

Reading: ソ

Meanings: ancestor, pioneer, founder

霊

Readings: レイ、 リョウ、 たま

Meanings: spirits, soul