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精神 (せいしん): mind, soul, spirit — Japanese vocabulary

精神 is read せいしん and means "mind, soul, spirit". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

精神

Reading
せいしん · seishin
Translation
mind, soul, spirit
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
せいしんが

Example

健全な精神は健全な肉体に宿る。

けんぜんなせいしんはけんぜんなにくたいにやどる。

A sound mind dwells in a sound body.

Kanji in this word

  • 精 — refined, spirit
  • 神 — god, spirit

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