Ghost and Man

Ghost

Ghost noun - The soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people.

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Man and ghost are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Man" instead a noun "Ghost".

Nearby Words: ghostly, ghosted, ghosting

Man noun - An adult male human being.

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Ghost and man are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ghost" instead a noun "Man".

Nearby Words: manly, manful, manhood, manliness, manfully

human	human ghost	human man
old	old ghost	old man
normal	normal ghost	normal man
original	original ghost	original man
Other adjectives: single, small, powerful, huge, dangerous, evil, little, bad, lonely, young, beautiful, new, angry, mysterious, last, mad, giant.

This is actually a type of ghost known as an onryō, the ghost of a young woman who was greatly wronged by a man in life and now seeks vengeance on the living.

Source: Stringy-Haired Ghost Girl
A variant of this, with a ghost instead of a genie, is found in a Zen Story about a man who is plagued by the ghost of his wife.

Source: Wishplosion
In the US Life on Mars (2008), Sam tracks a man to a ghost town - Hyde, the town Sam is supposed to have been transferred from.

Source: Ghost Town

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