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

Japanese[edit]

Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 熟 (“profound, deep”), to native Japanese adjective ふかい (fukai, “profound, deep”).

熟 (ふか)く^[1] (fuka.ku, inflected form of ふか.い, fuka.i) → 深 (ふか)い (fuka.i)

^ OT, page 3:
是(ここ)に於(おい)てヱホバ神 (かみ)アダムを熟(ふか)く睡(ねむ)らしめ睡(ねむ)りし時(とき)其(その)肋(あばら)骨(ぼね)の一(ひとつ)を取(と)り肉(にく)をもて其(その)處(ところ)を填塞(ふさぎ)たまへり
Koko ni oite Yehoba Kami Adamu wo fukaku nemurashime, nemurishi toki sono abarabone no hitotsu wo tori, niku wo mote sono tokoro wo fusagi tamaeri
And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;