Appendix:Gikun Usage in Meiji Version of Japanese Bible/誘惑す
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 誘 | 惑 |
| Grade: S | Grade: S |
| irregular | |
Etymology[edit]
Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 誘惑 (“enticement, seduction”), a term which decomposes into 誘 (“entice”) + 惑 (“beguile”), to native Japanese verb まどわす (madowasu, “to beguile”).
Verb[edit]
誘惑す ／ 誘惑す[1](madowa.su) → 惑わす (mado.wasu), 誘惑 (yūwaku)
- to beguile
Quotations[edit]
- ^ OT, page 3:
- ヱホバ神婦に言たまひけるは汝がなしたる此事は何ぞや婦言けるは蛇我を誘惑して我食へりと
- Ehoba Kami onna ni ii tamaikeru wa nanji ga nashitaru kono koto wa nani zo ya onna iikeru wa hebi ware wo madowashite ware kuraeri to
- And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.