Illustration: In a quiet tatami room, a man sleeps beneath a light blanket while a translucent miniature version of him hovers just above his chest. The floating figure has his unmistakable unruly hair, round face and tucked-up sleeping posture, but its lower body tapers into a soft wisp.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

魂たましい

tamashii

soul, spirit

Example sentences

魂たましいは体からだに生命せいめいを与あたえる。
The soul animates the body.
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動物どう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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魂たましいは不滅ふめつだとプラトンは考かんがえた。
Plato held that the soul is immortal.
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Kanji in 魂

魂soul; spiritOnコンKunたましい・たま

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