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

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
元 始
Grade: 2 Grade: 3
irregular

Etymology[edit]

Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 元始 (“origin”), a term which decomposes into 元 (“origin”) + 始 (“beginning”), to native Japanese word はじめ (hajime, “beginning”).

Noun[edit]

元始 (はじめ)[1] (hajime) → 始 (はじ)め, 初 (はじ)め (haji.me)

  1. beginning

Quotations[edit]

  1. ^ OT, page 1:
    元始(はじめ)に神 (かみ)天(てん)地(ち)を創造(つくり)たまへり
    Hajime ni Kami tenchi wo tsukuri tamaeri
    In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth
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