Word Meaning

こだま kodama

谺 is read as こだま (kodama) and means echo.

Meaning

English

  1. echo
  2. reverberation
  3. spirit of a tree
  4. tree spirit

Reading

Kana

こだま

Romaji

kodama

Writing Variants

  • 木魂 こだま kodama
  • 木霊 こだま kodama

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Rank 159155 Priority Z

Example Sentences

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ふるいすぎにこだまがやどるとそぼはいっていた。

My grandmother used to say that a tree spirit dwells in that old cedar.

もりのおくでちいさなこだまをみたきがした。

I felt as if I had seen a small tree spirit deep in the forest.

そのむらではたいぼくをきるまえにこだまへいのりをささげる。

In that village, people offer a prayer to the tree spirit before cutting down a large tree.

こどもたちはこだまのはなしをきいてもりをすこしこわがった。

The children became a little afraid of the forest after hearing stories about the tree spirit.

かれはこだまにまもられたもりだとほんきでしんじている。

He truly believes that it is a forest protected by a tree spirit.