日本霊異記

にほんりょういき

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

異

い こと け

difference (from one another), different thing, other

異類異形

いるいいぎょう

strange-looking creatures, spirits and goblins

異説

いせつ

different opinion

異父

いふ

different father

異音

いおん

strange noise

怪異

かいい

strangeness, mystery

異見

いけん

different opinion, objection

異図

いと いず

treasonable intent

霊異

れいい りょうい

miracle, wonder, wondrous thing

異聞

いぶん

strange tale, curious report, strange report

異臭

いしゅう

offensive smell, off-flavor, off-flavour

異宗

いしゅう いむね

different religion or sect

異文

いぶん

variant (in a manuscript or book), part of a text that differs from other versions

異同

いどう

difference

異論

いろん

different opinion, objection

差異

さい

difference, disparity, gap

驚異

きょうい

wonder, miracle, amazement, prodigy

異彩

いさい

conspicuousness (usu. color), prominence, distinctiveness