Jisho

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せいしん 精神
Common word JLPT N3 Wanikani level 28 Play audio Links
Noun
1. mind; spirit; soul; heart; ethos​
  • われわれ我々
  • は
  • せいしん精神
  • を
  • やしな養わ
  • なければならない
    • 。
We need to nourish our spirit.
Noun
2. attitude; mentality; will; intention​
  • にほんじん日本人
  • の
  • せいしん精神
  • は
  • その
  • どくとく独特の
  • ふうど風土
  • に
  • ね根ざしている
    • 。
It is the particular environment that has shaped the Japanese mentality.
Noun
3. spirit (of a matter); essence; fundamental significance​
Wikipedia definition
4. Spirit​The English word spirit has many differing meanings and connotations, most of them relating to a non-corporeal substance contrasted with the material body. The spirit of a living thing usually refers to or explains its consciousness. The notions of a person's "spirit" and "soul" often also overlap, as both contrast with body and both are understood as surviving the bodily death in religion and occultism, and "spirit" can also have the sense of "ghost", i.e.
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