Word Meaning 魂魄

こんぱく kompaku

魂魄 is read as こんぱく (kompaku) and means soul.

Meaning

English

soul
spirit
ghost

Reading

Kana

こんぱく

Romaji

kompaku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 29 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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魂

たましい

soul

魂胆

こんたん

complicated circumstances

魂不死説

たましいふしせつ

(theory of) the immortality of the soul

鎮魂

ちんこん

ceremony for the repose of a departed soul

商魂

しょうこん

commercial spirit

忠魂

ちゅうこん

loyalty

入魂

にゅうこん

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

霊魂

れいこん

soul

精魂

せいこん

soul

三つ子の魂百まで

みつごのたましいひゃくまで

the child is father to the man

一球入魂

いっきゅうにゅうこん

putting one's heart and soul into each pitch

大和魂

やまとだましい

the Japanese spirit

Example Sentences

人だけではなくて、建物や壁が微かに持っている魂魄も感じられます。

I can feel not only people's souls, but also the faint spirit held by buildings, walls and such.