聖句
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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聖 | 句 |
せい Grade: 6 |
く Grade: 5 |
on’yomi |
Etymology edit
Probably from Middle Chinese 聖句 (MC syengH kjuH, literally “holy, sacred + sentences, phrases”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- a holy or sacred text
- (Christianity) Scripture, a passage of Scripture
- (figurative) a bible for something
- 70年代ではあの本はサラリーマンの聖句でした。
- Nanajū nendai de wa ano hon wa sararīman no seiku deshita.
- During the 70s, that book was the salaryman's bible.
- 70年代ではあの本はサラリーマンの聖句でした。
References edit
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN