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心の伴侶 is a Japanese-only title for soulmates.
心 means heart, soul, mind, core, or center. In ancient times, the heart was believed to be the mind or center of your soul and being.
の is a possessive article that connects everything here.
伴侶 means mates, companions, partners, and spouses.
This Japanese version of soulmates is about two partners, coupled or joined by their hearts.
精神伴侶 means “Spiritual Soul Mates.” The first two characters mean “spiritual” or “soul.” The second two characters mean “mates,” “companions,” or “partners.”
This is more about the spiritual connection between partners rather than a “fate-brought-us-together” kind of soul mates.
Both halves of this title have meaning in Japanese but I've not yet confirmed that this is a commonly used title in Japan.
魂の伴侶 is a Japanese-only title for soulmates.
魂 means soul, spirit, immortal soul (the part of you that lives beyond your physical body), or the conscious mind. In the Buddhist context, this is vijñāna or viññāṇa (consciousness, life force, or mind).
の is a possessive article that connects everything here.
伴侶 means mates, companions, partners, and spouses.
緣份 specifically represents the fate or destiny that brings two people together.
This is like the chance meeting of two people that leads sometime later to marriage.
This could also be the chance meeting of two business people who become partners and build a huge and successful company.
This idea is often associated with a fateful meeting leading to good fortune.
Some will define this word as “Destiny brings you two together” or “Meant to be.”
Note: The second character can also be written without the left radical, as shown to the right. If you have a preference, please let use know in the special instructions for your project. There is no difference in meaning or pronunciation, just two (alternate) ways to write the same character.
See Also: Soulmates | Good Fortune
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your partners search...
| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
保媒 see styles |
bǎo méi bao3 mei2 pao mei |
to act as go-between (between prospective marriage partners etc) |
做媒 see styles |
zuò méi zuo4 mei2 tso mei |
to act as go-between (between prospective marriage partners etc) |
唇齒 唇齿 see styles |
chún chǐ chun2 chi3 ch`un ch`ih chun chih |
(fig.) close partners; interdependent |
婚友 see styles |
hūn yǒu hun1 you3 hun yu |
singles seeking marriage partners; in-laws and friends |
離間 离间 see styles |
lí jiàn li2 jian4 li chien rikan りかん |
to drive a wedge between (allies, partners etc) (noun, transitive verb) estrangement; alienation; sowing discord; driving a wedge slander |
相亲角 see styles |
xiāng qīn jiǎo xiang1 qin1 jiao3 hsiang ch`in chiao hsiang chin chiao |
"matchmaking corner", a gathering in a park for parents who seek marriage partners for their adult children by connecting with other parents who put up posters displaying their unmarried child's details |
相親角 相亲角 see styles |
xiāng qīn jiǎo xiang1 qin1 jiao3 hsiang ch`in chiao hsiang chin chiao |
"matchmaking corner", a gathering in a park for parents who seek marriage partners for their adult children by connecting with other parents who put up posters displaying their unmarried child's details |
草食系 see styles |
soushokukei / soshokuke そうしょくけい |
man who is uninterested in aggressively pursuing women; peaceable men who don't approach women as potential partners; herbivore |
一拍兩散 一拍两散 see styles |
yī pāi liǎng sàn yi1 pai1 liang3 san4 i p`ai liang san i pai liang san |
(idiom) (of marriage or business partners) to break up; to separate |
分散恋愛 see styles |
bunsanrenai ぶんさんれんあい |
(gen. of a woman) loving two or more partners without favour |
同床異夢 同床异梦 see styles |
tóng chuáng yì mèng tong2 chuang2 yi4 meng4 t`ung ch`uang i meng tung chuang i meng doushouimu / doshoimu どうしょういむ |
lit. to share the same bed with different dreams (idiom); ostensible partners with different agendas; strange bedfellows; marital dissension (yoji) cohabiting but living in different worlds |
年の差婚 see styles |
toshinosakon としのさこん |
(colloquialism) (See 年の差・としのさ) marriage between partners of very different ages; May-December marriage |
榮辱與共 荣辱与共 see styles |
róng rǔ yǔ gòng rong2 ru3 yu3 gong4 jung ju yü kung |
(of friends or partners) to share both the honor and the disgrace (idiom) |
臭味相投 see styles |
chòu wèi xiāng tóu chou4 wei4 xiang1 tou2 ch`ou wei hsiang t`ou chou wei hsiang tou |
to share vile habits; partners in notoriety; birds of a feather |
齊人之福 齐人之福 see styles |
qí rén zhī fú qi2 ren2 zhi1 fu2 ch`i jen chih fu chi jen chih fu |
lit. the happy fate of the man from Qi (who had a wife and a concubine) (idiom); fig. (ironically) the joy of having several partners; the life of a pasha |
ホワイト国 see styles |
howaitokoku ホワイトこく |
white-listed country; country on a list of preferred trading partners |
鐃循ワイ鐃夙刻申 see styles |
鐃循wai鐃夙wa申鐃緒申 鐃循ワイ鐃夙わ申鐃緒申 |
white-listed country; country on a list of preferred trading partners |
Variations: |
nakamatachi なかまたち |
(See 仲間・1) companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Soul Mates at Heart | 心の伴侶 | kokoro no han ryo kokoronohanryo | ||
| Spiritual Soul Mates | 精神伴侶 精神伴侣 | sei shin han ryo seishinhanryo | jīng shén bàn lǚ jing1 shen2 ban4 lv3 jing shen ban lv jingshenbanlv | ching shen pan lü chingshenpanlü |
| Spiritual Soul Mates | 魂の伴侶 | tamashii no han ryo tamashiinohanryo tamashi no han ryo | ||
| Fate Chance Meeting | 緣份 / 緣分 缘份 / 缘分 | yuán fèn / yuan2 fen4 / yuan fen / yuanfen | yüan fen / yüanfen | |
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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