Word Meaning 魂魄

こんぱく kompaku

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

Meaning

English

  1. soul
  2. spirit
  3. 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

Max. 12

たま

soul

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

魂を入れ替える

たましいをいれかえる

to turn over a new leaf

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

一球入魂

いっきゅうにゅうこん

putting one's heart and soul into each pitch

Example Sentences

1

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