心しん肝かん

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

heart; innermost feelings

Literary or poetic term for the heart as the seat of emotion and mind. In modern Japanese, 心 (こころ) is the common word.

• 彼かれの言こと葉ばは私わたしの心しん肝かんに深ふかく刻きざまれた。

  His words were deeply engraved on my heart.