jpdb beta

Login or Sign up
たま
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%
霊たましい
魄たましい
たま
Pitch accent
た
ま
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)
8 more...
Examples (7 in total)
The pen is the tongue of the soul.
A person's soul is immortal.
Do you think animals have souls?
4 more...