タマ
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
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (11 in total)
spirit of a deceased person; the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit
calling a dead soul back from the afterlife
kazutama (number spirits in Japanese numerology)
wild spirit (one of the aspects of the soul of a kami)
ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival)
sending off the spirits of one's ancestors on the last day of the Bon Festival (by lighting small fires)
mausoleum; (temporary) resting place of a corpse
departed soul; spirit
welcoming the spirits of one's ancestors on the first day of the Bon Festival (by lighting small fires)
Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); "day of the ghost"
god who controls a country's territory; god who rules a country
Examples (7 in total)
The pen is the tongue of the soul.
A person's soul is immortal.
Do you think animals have souls?