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タマシイ
Meanings
Noun
1. soul; spirit; mind
2. willpower; vitality
3. something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
4. inherent spirit of something; state of mind
usu. as ～だましい
Alt. forms
魂たましい
98%
タマシイ
霊たましい
魄たましい
Pitch accent
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マシイ
Used in: 40
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
a leopard cannot change its spots; the child is father to the man; (lit.) the soul of a child of three (is the same) at 100
tread on a worm and it will turn; even a tiny bug will defend itself; even the weakest and smallest beings have their own wills, so do not make light of them
Dead Souls (novel by Gogol); Myortvye dushi
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Examples (7 in total)
The pen is the tongue of the soul.
A person's soul is immortal.
Do you think animals have souls?
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