魂 – Vocabulary details

魂たま

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

soul

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spirit of a deceased person

wild spirit (one of the aspects of the soul of a kami)

ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival)

ペンは魂たましいの舌したである。

The pen is the tongue of the soul.

人ひとの魂たましいは不ふ滅めつだ。

A person's soul is immortal.

動どう物ぶつにも魂たましいがあると思おもいますか。

Do you think animals have souls?

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