ソウル

See also: ソール

Japanese

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ソ​ウル [sóꜜùrù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [so̞ɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Etymology 1
Alternative spelling
ソール

Borrowed from English soul.[2][3]

Noun

ソウル • (souru) 

  1. (religion, folklore) Synonym of 魂 (tamashī, “soul”)
  2. (music) soul

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Korean 서울 (Seoul).[2][3]

Proper noun

ソウル • (Souru) 

  1. Seoul (a city, the capital city of South Korea)
Synonyms

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