Appendix:Gikun Usage in Meiji Version of Japanese Bible/穹蒼

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
Jinmeiyō Jinmeiyō
irregular

Etymology

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Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 穹蒼 (firmament), a term which decomposes into (arching, vault) + (blue), to native Japanese word or the same meaning おおぞら (ōzora, firmament).

Noun

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穹蒼 (おおぞら)穹蒼 (おほぞら)[1](ōzora) → 大空 (おおぞら) (ōzora), 穹蒼(きゅうそう) (kyūsō)

  1. firmament

Quotations

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  1. ^ OT, page 1:
     (かみ)(いひ)たまひけるは(みづ)(なか)穹蒼(おほぞら)ありて(みづ)(みづ)とを(わか)つべし
    Kami ii tamaikeru wa mizu no naka ni ōzora arite mizu to mizu to wo wakatsubeshi
    And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters