鬼籍

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
鬼 籍
き
Grade: S 		せき
Grade: S
on’yomi kan’on

Etymology[edit]

Derivation unknown. First cited in 1886.[1]

Based on the senses of the Chinese characters, the spelling literally means ghost + register, record, list.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

鬼(き)籍(せき) • (kiseki) 

  1. [from 1886] necrology (list of dead persons)
  2. [from 1940s] (figuratively): list of abolished things

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References[edit]

  1. ^ “鬼籍”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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