誓い
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 誓 |
| ちか(い) Grade: S |
| kun’yomi |
Etymology
The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative form”) of 誓う (chikau, “to swear, vow”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
- an oath, pledge
- c. 1005, Shūi Wakashū (book 14, poem 870; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 38)
- 忘らるる身をば思はず誓ひてし人のいのちの惜しくもあるかな
- wasuraruru mi o ba omowazu chikaite shi hito no inochi no oshiku mo aru kana
- It does not matter that I am now forgotten, but making an oath is the most precious moment in the whole life of a man.[1]
- 忘らるる身をば思はず誓ひてし人のいのちの惜しくもあるかな
- c. 1005, Shūi Wakashū (book 14, poem 870; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 38)
- (Shinto, Buddhism) vow that the Buddha pledged to save sentient beings (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
References
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