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

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
羽 翼
Grade: 2 Grade: S
irregular

Etymology

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Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 羽翼 (“feathers and wings”), a term which decomposes into 羽 (“feathers”) + 翼 (“wings”), to native Japanese verb つばさ (tsubasa, “wings”).

Noun

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羽翼 (つばさ)[1](tsubasa) → 翼 (つばさ) (tsubasa)

  1. wings

Quotations

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  1. ^ OT, page 1:
    神 (かみ)巨(おほい)なる魚(うを)と水(みづ)に饒(さは)に生(しやう)じて動(うご)く諸(すべて)の生物(いきもの)を其類(そのるゐ)に從(したが)ひて創造(つく)り又(また)羽翼(つばさ)ある諸(すべて)の鳥(とり)を其類(そのるゐ)に從(したが)ひて創造(つく)りたまへり神 (かみ)之(これ)を善(よし)と觀(み)たまへり
    Kami ōi naru uo to mizu ni sawa ni shōji te ugoku subete no ikimono wo sono rui ni shita gaite tsukuri mata tsubasa aru subete no tori wo sono rui ni shitagaite tsukuri tamaeri
    And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
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