"ソウル" meaning in Japanese

See ソウル in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [so̞ɯ̟ɾɯ̟] Forms: Souru [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 서울 (Seoul). Etymology templates: {{bor+|ja|ko|^서울}} Borrowed from Korean 서울 (Seoul) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|ソ.ウル}} ソウル • (Souru)
  1. Seoul (a city, the capital city of South Korea) Categories (place): Cities in South Korea, Places in South Korea Synonyms: 京城 (Keijō) (ruby: 京城(けいじょう)) [historical]
    Sense id: en-ソウル-ja-name-Ja6DQD7i Categories (other): National capitals, Seoul, Japanese katakana, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 62 10 28 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 33 26 41 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 41 27 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 41 27 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [so̞ɯ̟ɾɯ̟] Forms: souru [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from English soul. Etymology templates: {{bor+|ja|en|soul}} Borrowed from English soul Head templates: {{ja-noun|ソ.ウル}} ソウル • (souru)
  1. (religion, folklore) Synonym of 魂 (tamashī, “soul”) Synonyms: [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-ソウル-ja-noun-mJucNvSe Categories (other): Folklore, Religion, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 33 26 41 Topics: arts, folklore, history, human-sciences, lifestyle, literature, media, publishing, religion, sciences
  2. (music) soul
    Sense id: en-ソウル-ja-noun-rg-szPCj Categories (other): Music, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 18 21 60 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 33 26 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 5 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 5 77 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for ソウル meaning in Japanese (3.2kB)

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