たま
Meanings
Noun
1. soul; spirit; mind
Do you believe that souls like that exist?
2. willpower; vitality
3. something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
A sword is a samurai's soul.
4. inherent spirit of something; state of mind
usu. as ~だましい
The spirit of the craftsmen still lives on in this town.
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (11 in total)
spirit of a deceased person; the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit
ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival)
wild spirit (one of the aspects of the soul of a kami)
Examples (22 in total)
The body is visible, but the soul is not.
The pen is the tongue of the soul.
A sword is a samurai's soul.