日本霊異記

にほんりょういき

noun

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set of three books of Buddhist stories, written in the late 8th and early 9th century, usually referred to as the Nihon Ryōiki

日	day, sun, Japan, counter for days
本	book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
霊	spirits, soul
異	uncommon, different, queerness, strangeness, wonderful, curious, unusual
記	scribe, account, narrative