霊魂

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Kanji in this term
霊 魂
れい
Grade: S 		こん
Grade: S
kan’on
Alternative spelling
靈魂 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 靈魂 (MC leng hwon).

First cited to the 康頼宝物集 (Yasuyori Hōbutsu-shū) of roughly 1179.

Pronunciation

Noun

霊(れい)魂(こん) • (reikon) 

  1. the soul of a person or thing
    Synonyms: 魂 (tamashī), 魂魄 (konpaku), 魄霊 (hakurei)
  2. a ghost, a shade, a phantom of someone who has died

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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