Moto 魂: Soul; SpiritKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- コン
- Kun'yomi
- たましい、たま
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 82 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (コン)
- 鎮魂ちんこんrepose of a soul
- 入魂にゅうこんputting one's heart and soul (into); giving one's all
- 商魂しょうこんcommercial spirit
- 忠魂ちゅうこんloyalty; the loyal dead
- 精魂せいこんsoul; spirit
- 霊魂れいこんsoul; spirit
- 魂胆こんたんulterior motive; plot
- スポ魂スポこんfighting spirit (in sport); tenacity
- 亡魂ぼうこんdeparted soul; spirit
- 入魂式にゅうこんしきconsecration ceremony
- 反魂はんごんreviving the dead; calling back the spirits of the dead
- 反魂香はんごんこうincense which supposedly allows the spirit of a departed loved one to be seen in the smoke
- 和魂洋才わこんようさいJapanese spirit with Western learning
- 和魂漢才わこんかんさいthe Japanese spirit imbued with Chinese learning
- 士魂しこんmanly spirit; soul of a samurai
- 士魂商才しこんしょうさいhaving a samurai's spirit and a merchant's business sense
- 大反魂草おおはんごんそうcutleaf coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata); greenhead coneflower
- 幽魂ゆうこんspirits of the dead
- 心魂しんこんheart and soul; one's soul (heart)
- 忠魂碑ちゅうこんひmonument to the faithful who died in battle
- 招魂しょうこんinvocation of the dead
- 招魂社しょうこんしゃshrine dedicated to the spirits of the war dead
- 招魂祭しょうこんさいmemorial service (esp. for war dead)
- 斗魂とうこんfighting spirit
- 精も魂も尽き果てるせいもこんもつきはてるto use up all of one's energy and willpower; to be exhausted (and have no will to go on)
- 精魂を傾けるせいこんをかたむけるto put one's heart and soul into something
- 精魂を込めるせいこんをこめるto pour one's heart and soul into
- 脱魂だっこんecstatic trance
- 英魂えいこんdeparted spirit
- 詩魂しこんpoetic sentiment
- 鎮魂ミサ曲ちんこんミサきょくRequiem Mass
- 鎮魂帰神ちんこんきしんreturn to the divine through spiritual quietude
- 鎮魂曲ちんこんきょくrequiem
- 鎮魂曲歌ちんこんきょくか(sung) requiem
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 魂たましいsoul; spirit
- おっ魂消るおったまげるto be very surprised; to be flabbergasted
- 一寸の虫にも五分の魂いっすんのむしにもごぶのたましいtread on a worm and it will turn; even a tiny bug will defend itself
- 三つ子の魂百までみつごのたましいひゃくまでthe child is father to the man; the soul of a child of three (is the same) at 100
- 三つ子の魂百迄みつごのたましいひゃくまでthe child is father to the man; the soul of a child of three (is the same) at 100
- 亡き魂なきたまdeparted soul; spirit
- 人魂ひとだまdisembodied soul; supernatural fiery ball
- 国魂の神くにたまのかみgod who controls a country's territory; god who rules a country
- 奇御魂くしみたまspirit who possesses a wondrous power
- 御魂みたまspirit of a deceased person
- 押っ魂消るおったまげるto be very surprised; to be flabbergasted
- 木魂こだまecho; reverberation
- 肝っ魂きもったまguts; pluck
- 船魂ふなだまguardian deity of a ship
- 言魂ことだまmysterious power of words to alter reality
- 負けじ魂まけじだましいunyielding spirit; indomitable spirit
Other readings
- 倉稲魂うかのみたまthe god of foodstuffs (esp. of rice)
- 大和魂やまとだましいthe Japanese spirit
- 宇迦御魂うかのみたまthe god of foodstuffs (esp. of rice)
- 宇迦魂うかのみたまthe god of foodstuffs (esp. of rice)
- 幸御魂さきみたまgod who bestows happiness upon people
- 幸魂さきみたまgod who bestows happiness upon people
- 稲魂うかのみたまthe god of foodstuffs (esp. of rice)
- 肝魂きもったまguts; pluck
- 蜀魂ほととぎすlesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
- 鎮魂の祭りちんこんさいceremony for the repose of a soul
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