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Japanese
ソウル on Japanese Wikipedia
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English soul.
Noun
ソウル • (souru)
- (religion, folklore) Synonym of 魂 (tamashī, “soul”)
- (music) soul
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Korean 서울 (Seoul).
Proper noun
ソウル • (Souru)
- Seoul (a city, the capital city of South Korea)
Synonyms
References
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN