noun:

• manly spirit; soul of a samurai

noun:

• comfort food; soul food ➜ 国民食

expression:

• poor speakers make long speeches; brevity is the soul of wit - proverb

noun:

• heartstrings; innermost soul

expression:

• one can say more with a look than with ten thousand words; the eyes cannot belie one's true thoughts; the eyes are the windows to the soul; eyes are as eloquent as the tongue - proverb ➜ 物を言う

noun:

• black contemporary (music); contemporary soul music ➜ ブラコン

expression:

• the child is father to the man; the soul of a child of three (is the same) at 100 [literal]

adjectival noun:

• spiritually rich; good for the soul

noun:

• spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul

noun:

• lover; boyfriend; girlfriend; soul mate

adverbial noun / ~の noun:

• single-mindedly; wholeheartedly; with one's heart and soul - four character idiom

adverbial noun:

• single-mindedly; wholeheartedly; with one's heart and soul - four character idiom

expression:

• the principle of fluidity and immutability in haiku; Haiku is both "fluid and transitory" and "eternal and immutable."; An interchange between the transient and the immutable is central to the soul of haiku. (Basho) - four character idiom

noun:

• ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul

noun:

• Assumption (of the body and soul of Mary into heaven) ➜ 聖母マリア

noun:

• Assumption (of the body and soul of Mary into heaven) ➜ 聖母被昇天

noun:

• ceremony to consecrate a newly made Buddhist statue or image by inserting the eyes (thereby investing it with soul) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• moral (spiritual) improvement; practice mental training; cultivate one's mind (soul) - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; deserted ➜ 蛻【もぬけ】
• body from which the soul has left; corpse
• shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.) - orig. meaning

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in
• to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to smash
• to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades) ➜ 撃ち込む
• to input (data); to enter
• to devote oneself to; to go heart and soul into; to throw oneself into; to go head over heels for
• to practice hitting (baseball, tennis, etc.) - Sports term
• to hit (an opponent in kendo, boxing, etc.); to get a blow in - Martial Arts term
• to invade one's opponent's territory (in the game of go); to place a stone in an opponent's formation
• to pour (concrete, etc.) into a form

noun:

• spirits of war dead
• person of great ability; soul of a talented person

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• good-naturedness

noun:

• good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark; simple soul; soft touch

noun:

• like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment
• comrade; fellow; kindred soul ➜ 同士【どうし】

noun:

• observatory for astronomy, cloud-watching, etc. - archaism
• astronomical expert - abbreviation - archaism ➜ 霊台郎・天文博士
• place where the soul is located - archaism

expression / adjective:

• shrewd; smart (and wide-awake); cunning; crafty
• inedible; uneatable
• unable to support oneself; unable to keep body and soul together