霊魂
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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霊 | 魂 |
れい Grade: S |
こん Grade: S |
kan’on |
Alternative spelling |
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靈魂 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology edit
From Middle Chinese 靈魂 (MC leng hwon).
First cited to the 康頼宝物集 (Yasuyori Hōbutsu-shū) of roughly 1179.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- [from circa 1179] the soul of a person or thing
- [from circa 1220] a ghost, a shade, a phantom of someone who has died