遺事

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Chinese

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to lose; to leave behind
matter; thing; item
matter; thing; item; work; affair
 
trad. (遺事)
simp. (遗事)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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遺事

  1. incidents of the past ages
  2. deeds of those now dead

Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 6

Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

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Attested in Japanese from at least the 16th century.[1] Presumably from Chinese.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()() (ijiゐじ (wizi)?

  1. matters conveyed from the past; historical events
    • 1974, Li Kihaku, Sangoku Iji no shigakuteki igi [Historical significance of Sangoku Iji], page 246:
      (せい)()としての(さん)(ごく)()()(でん)()(たい)であるが、()(じん)(ちょ)(じゅつ)である(さん)(ごく)()()は、(ない)(よう)(べつ)にその(あみ)()()けて()()()(じゅつ)している。
      Seishi to shite no Sangoku Shiki wa denki tai de aru ga, kojin no chojutsu de aru Sangoku Iji wa, naiyō betsu ni sono amime o wakete koji o kijutsu shiteiru.
      While the official history of Samguk Sagi [History of the Three Kingdoms] includes biographical accounts, the more personalized writing of Sangoku Iji [Incidents of the Three Kingdoms] describes historical events by dividing them into sections.
  2. things left undone by people who have died
  3. things left undone from a past project or plan

References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Further reading

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