Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
じん
Grade: 3
つう
Grade: 2
りき
Grade: 1
goon
Alternative spelling
神通力 (kyūjitai)
Kanji in this term
じん
Grade: 3
つう > ずう
Grade: 2
りき
Grade: 1
goon
Alternative spelling
神通力 (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

Compound of 神通 (jintsū, superpower, divine or occult power or talent, where jintsū is the older reading for modern jinzū) +‎ (riki, power).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) んずうりき [jìńzúꜜùrìkì] (Nakadaka – [3])[3]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑĩnd͡zɨᵝːɾʲikʲi]

Noun edit

(じん)(つう)(りき) or (じん)(ずう)(りき) (jintsūriki or jinzūriki

  1. (Buddhism) synonym of 神通 (jinzū)
  2. (by extension, occult) a superpower, a supernatural, divine, or occult power

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ 神通力”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ 神通力”, in デジタル大辞泉[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN