健全なる精神は健全なる身体に宿る

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
宿
けん
Grade: 4
ぜん
Grade: 3
せい
Grade: 5
しん
Grade: 3
けん
Grade: 4
ぜん
Grade: 3
しん
Grade: 3
たい
Grade: 2
やど
Grade: 3
Alternative spelling
健全なる精神は健全なる身體に宿る (kyūjitai)
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Etymology

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Calque of Latin mēns sāna in corpore sānō from the Roman poet Juvenal's tenth Satire. However, the original Latin phrase does not include the verb 宿(やど) (yadoru, dwells).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kẽ̞nd͡zẽ̞nːa̠ɾɯ̟ se̞ːɕĩɰ̃ha̠ kẽ̞nd͡zẽ̞nːa̠ɾɯ̟ ɕĩnta̠iɲ̟i ja̠do̞ɾɯ̟]

Proverb

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(けん)(ぜん)なる(せい)(しん)(けん)(ぜん)なる(しん)(たい)宿(やど) (kenzen naru seishin wa kenzen naru shintai ni yadoru

  1. A sound mind dwells in a sound body (mens sana in corpore sano)

See also

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