Tag Archives: 五分の魂

Not enough data to work out how or if souls scale with size, though

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Confanity

一寸の虫にも五分の魂 (Issun no mushi ni mo gobu no tamashii; “Even in a one-sun bug, five parts of a soul.”) Definition: Even a 3cm bug has a half-share of spirit. Even a seemingly small, weak person will have a certain underlying … Continue reading →

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