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

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
Grade: S
irregular

Etymology[edit]

Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling (pit/stone/kernal/nut within fruits of fruit trees) to native Japanese word たね (seed) to denote seeds of fruit treespit/stone.

Noun[edit]

 (たね)[1] (tane) →  (たね) (tane)

  1. seedof fruit treespit/stone
 (たね) (tane) is a general term which can be used for seeds of any kind, but when written as  (たね) (tane) it has a very specific meaning which refers only to the pits/stones within the fruit of fruit trees.

Quotations[edit]

  1. ^ OT, page 1:
     (かみ)(いひ)たまひけるは()靑草(あをくさ)實蓏(たね)(しやう)ずる草蔬(くさ)(その)(るゐ)(したが)()(むす)びみづから(たね)をもつ(ところ)()(むす)()()發出(いだ)すべしと(すなは)(かく)なりぬ
    Kami ii tamaikeru wa chi wa aokusa to tane wo shōzuru kusa to sono rui ni shitagai mi wo musubi mizukara tane wo motsu tokoro no mi wo musubu ki wo chi ni idasubeshi to sunawachi kaku narinu
    And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so