精神（せいしん）
JLPT N4 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: spirit / mind
Example sentences
- 最後まであきらめない精神が大切だ。 — The spirit of never giving up until the end is important.
- 強い精神で困難を乗りこえる。 — He overcame the hardship with a strong spirit.
Idioms & proverbs containing “精神”
- 精神一到何事か成らざらん (せいしんいっとうなにごとかならざらん) — where there is a will, there is a way
- 健全なる精神は健全なる身体に宿る (けんぜんなるせいしんはけんぜんなるしんたいにやどる) — a sound mind is in a sound body; mens sana in corpore sano
- 精神一到 (せいしんいっとう) — concentration of mind; mental concentration (on some task)
- 精神統一 (せいしんとういつ) — concentration of mind; mental concentration (on some task)
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