soul
要点魂、心、情、人
意味
- 魂,霊魂;心,精神(spirit)
- 情,感情,情緒
- (物事の)生命,精髄;《話》生気,迫力
- 人,人間
- (…の)権化,典型,化身《+of+名》
- (…の)指導者,中心人物《+of+名》
- 米国黒人[文化]の,米国黒人[文化]特有の,米国黒人[文化]に由来する
例文
Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.
魅力は見る目を打つが、真価は魂を勝ち取る。
Not a soul was to be seen because of a dense fog.
濃霧のため人っ子一人見えなかった。
The Emperor prayed for the souls of the deceased.
天皇は亡くなった方々の霊に祈りを捧げた。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English soule, sowle, saule, sawle, from Old English sāwol (“soul, life, spirit, being”), from Proto-West Germanic *saiwalu, from Proto-Germanic *saiwalō (“soul”), of an uncertain ultimate origin (see there for further information). Cognates Cognate with Scots saul, sowel (“soul”), Saterland Frisian Seele (“soul”), West Frisian siel (“soul”), Alemannic German Seel (“soul”), Central Franconian Siel (“soul”), Dutch ziel (“soul”), German Seele (“soul”), German Low German Seel (“soul”), Luxembourgish Séil (“soul, spirit”), Vilamovian zejł, zəjł, zyił (“soul”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌰 (saiwala, “soul”). Scandinavian homonyms seem to have been borrowed from Old Saxon sēola.