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

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
定 形
Grade: 3 Grade: 2
irregular

Etymology[edit]

Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 定形 (“form”), a term which decomposes into 定 (“fixed”) + 形 (“shape”), to native Japanese word かたち (katachi, “form”).

Noun[edit]

定形 (かたち)[1](katachi) → 形 (かたち) (katachi)

  1. form

Quotations[edit]

  1. ^ OT, page 1:
    地(ち)は定形(かたち)なく曠空(むなし)くして黑暗(やみ)淵(わだ)の面(おもて)にあり神 (かみ)の靈(れい)水(みづ)の面(おもて)を覆(おほひ)たりき
    Chi wa katachi naku munashiku shite yami wada no omote ni ari Kami no rei mizu no omote wo ōitariki
    And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters
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