Even in some western cultures, specifically christianity, the idea that the soul/spirit provides the body with the energy to move exists. There is not a strict

Even in some western cultures, specifically christianity, the idea that the soul/spirit provides the body with the energy to move exists. There is not a strict connection to physicality, the line between what we feel as "energy" in the body and what is provided by the our mental/spiritual state and the pure physical resources our body provides in the way of sugar etc. is blurry. --- In christianity, the word for spirit means breath. I find the origins of words and why/how the literal meaning of the original term evolved to describe something much more philosophic fascinating. I would expect that the Japanese used the word "electric" or "energy" to describe the spirit because they saw a connection between the two, in that both are vital. I would not expect the use of that term to be taken in its strictest sense though... anyway... some thoughts.