Appendix:Gikun Usage in Meiji Version of Japanese Bible/誘惑す

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
Grade: S Grade: S
irregular

Etymology

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Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 誘惑 (enticement, seduction), a term which decomposes into (entice) + (beguile), to native Japanese verb まどわす (madowasu, to beguile).

Verb

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誘惑 (まどわ)誘惑 (まどは)[1](madowa.su) →  (まど)わす (mado.wasu), 誘惑 (ゆうわく) (yūwaku)

  1. to beguile

Quotations

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  1. ^ OT, page 3:
    ヱホバ (かみ)(をんな)(いひ)たまひけるは(なんぢ)がなしたる此事(このこと)(なに)ぞや(をんな)(いひ)けるは(へび)(われ)誘惑(まどは)して(われ)(くら)へりと
    Ehoba Kami onna ni ii tamaikeru wa nanji ga nashitaru kono koto wa nani zo ya onna iikeru wa hebi ware wo madowashite ware kuraeri to
    And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.