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reiki 霊気 "mysterious atmosphere; spiritual power" is a loanword from Chinese lingqi 靈氣, which some Chinese-English dictionaries translate: "(of beautiful mountains) spiritual influence or atmosphere";[9] "① intelligence; power of understanding ② supernatural power or force in fairy tales; miraculous power or force";[10] "① spiritual influence (of mountains/etc.) ② ingeniousness; cleverness".[11] This Japanese compound joins rei 霊 "ghost, spirit, soul; supernatural, miraculous, divine; ethereal body" and ki 気 "gas, air; breath; energy; force; atmosphere; mood; intention; emotion; attention", here meaning qi "spiritual energy; vital energy; life force; energy of life".[12] Some reiki translation equivalents from Japanese-English dictionaries are: "feeling of mystery",[13] "an atmosphere (feeling) of mystery",[14] and "an ethereal atmosphere (that prevails in the sacred precincts of a shrine); (feel, sense) a spiritual (divine) presence."[15]
English reiki or Reiki transliterates a Japanese loanword. Reiki is syntactically used as a noun (referring to either "the putative energy" or "the therapeutic method based upon it"), a verb, or an adjective. Some Western authors loosely translate reiki as "universal life energy".[16] This coinage partially mistranslates: ki means "life energy" — rei does not mean "universal".
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