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

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
生 気
いのちのいき
Grade: 1 Grade: 1
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
生氣 (kyūjitai)

Etymology[edit]

Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 生気 (“vitality”), a term which decomposes into 生 (“life”) + 気 (“breath”), to native Japanese words いのち (inochi, “life”) + の (no, possessive particle) + いき (iki, “breath”).

Noun[edit]

生気 (いのちのいき)／生氣 (いのちのいき)[1](inochinoiki) → 命 (いのち)の 息 (いき) (inochi no iki), 生(せい)気(き) (seiki)

  1. breath of life

Quotations[edit]

  1. ^ OT, page 2:
    ヱホバ神 (かみ)土(つち)の塵(ちり)を以(も)て人(ひと)を造(つく)り生氣(いのちのいき)を其(その)鼻(はな)に嘘(ふき)入(いれ)たまへり人(ひと)即(すなは)ち生靈(いけるもの)となりぬ
    Ehoba Kami tsuchi no chiri wo mote hito wo tsukuri, inochi no iki wo sono hana ni fuki ire tamaeri hito sunawachi ikeru mono to narinu
    And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
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