Word Meaning 魂胆

こんたん kontan

魂胆 is read as こんたん (kontan) and means complicated circumstances.

Meaning

English

  1. complicated circumstances
  2. intricacies
  3. ulterior motive
  4. plot
  5. scheme

Reading

Kana

こんたん

Romaji

kontan

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 12840 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

たま

soul

たましい

soul

魂不死説

たましいふしせつ

(theory of) the immortality of the soul

たん

liver

大胆

だいたん

bold

落胆

らくたん

discouragement

鎮魂

ちんこん

ceremony for the repose of a departed soul

商魂

しょうこん

commercial spirit

胆石

たんせき

gallstones

胆汁

たんじゅう

bile

忠魂

ちゅうこん

loyalty

入魂

にゅうこん

breathing a soul into (e.g. a Buddhist statue)

Example Sentences

2

Your intentions are easy to see, you know.

Tom is unusually kind today. I wonder if he has ulterior motives.