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Examples
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Those who die unhappily or violently -- usually through murder or suicide -- are called yurei, ghosts who wander about causing trouble.
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How unfortunate for him that Reiko basically sees him as cannon-fodder, something that's quite useful when your day to day business involves exorcising oni, yurei, yokai and anything else you might find in The Illustrated Bag of One Hundred Random Ghosts.
Japanator 2010
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Look up yurei and find yourself one more step toward a life of enlightenment.
unknown title 2009
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Many Americans have seen a yurei in a horror movie, but have no clue about the symbolism behind the Japanese ghost.
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One need look no further than the vengeful Funa-yurei-sea phantoms apparently intent on drowning as many fishermen and travelers as they can get their aquatic hands on-to see that yokai are the rationalized personifications of nature's otherwise random occurrences.
PopMatters Chelsea Bauch 2008
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