忠ちゅう魂こん

noun

loyal spirit; the loyal dead

Refers to the spirit of loyalty, especially of soldiers who died for their country. Often used in memorial contexts such as 忠魂碑 (monument to the war dead). The sense 'the loyal dead' is a metonymic extension.

• 忠ちゅう魂こん碑ひの前まえで献けん花かした。

  We offered flowers in front of the monument to the loyal dead.

• 彼かれの忠ちゅう魂こんは今いまも語かたり継つがれている。

  His loyal spirit is still talked about today.