魂胆

こんたん

Meanings

1. Noun ulterior motive; plot; scheme
2. complicated circumstances; intricacies

Kanji

• 魂 soul. Read as コン.
• 胆 gall. Read as タン.

Example sentences

• 今日はトムがやけに親切だけど、何か魂胆でもあるのかしら。
  Tom is unusually kind today. I wonder if he has ulterior motives.
• お前の魂胆見え見えなんだよ。
  Your intentions are easy to see, you know.

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