霊れい魂こん不ふ滅めつ

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Meanings

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noun

immortality of the soul

yojijukugo (four-character idiom)

A yojijukugo used in philosophical, religious, or literary contexts to express the idea that the soul is eternal and does not perish.

多おおくの宗しゅう教きょうでは霊れい魂こん不ふ滅めつが説とかれている。
Many religions teach the immortality of the soul.

霊spirits, soul

魂soul, spirit

不negative, non-, bad

滅destroy, ruin, overthrow

Etymology

Compound of 霊魂 (reikon, 'soul, spirit') and 不滅 (fumetsu, 'immortal, indestructible'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is a yojijukugo used in philosophical and religious discourse.