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たましい
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%
たましい
霊たましい
魄たましい
Pitch accent
た
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Used in vocabulary (5 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
to turn over a new leaf; to reform (oneself)
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
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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?
His soul was in heaven.
Plato held that the soul is immortal.
The man sold his soul to the devil.
The soul of man is larger than the sky and deeper than the ocean.