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Japanese symbol for “haunting”

Romaji: iribitari
frequenting (e.g. a bar); staying around (e.g. at someone's house); haunting

In Japanese, haunting is , read (iribitari).

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Meanings

  1. n frequenting (e.g. a bar); staying around (e.g. at someone's house); haunting

Written forms: . Readings: .

Kanji and stroke order

enter, insert
on: ニュウ、ジュ
kun: い.る、-い.る、-い.り、い.れる
2 strokes · JLPT 4
immersed, soak, dip
on: シン
kun: ひた.す、ひた.る、つ.かる
10 strokes · JLPT 1

Other Japanese words for “haunting”

WordReadingMeaning
わすれられない wasurerarenaiunforgettable; memorable; haunting
かいきげんしょう kaikigenshouunnatural phenomenon; strange happenings; haunting

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
こうにゅう kounyuupurchase; buying
どうにゅう dounyuuintroduction; bringing in; installation
しゅうにゅう shuunyuuincome; earnings; revenue
ゆにゅう yunyuuimport; importation; introduction
にゅうがく nyuugakuadmission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment
にゅういん nyuuinhospitalization; hospitalisation
しんとう shintoupermeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); spread
つかる tsukaruto be submerged; to be soaked

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.