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

Japanese edit

Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 美容 (“beauty”, (of personal appearance), a term which decomposes into 美 (“beauty”) + 容 (“appearance”), to native Japanese word meaning simply beauty, うるはしき and thus denoting beauty of personal appearance.

美容 (うるわしき)／美容 (うるはしき)^[1] (uruwashiki, Historical hiragana: うるはしき, classical form of うるわ.しい, uruwa.shii)　→　麗 (うるわ)しい (uruwa.shii)

^ OT, page 796:
かれらは羊(ひつじ)のむれのごとくに陰府(よみ)のものと定(さだ)めらる、死(し)これが牧(ぼく)者(しゃ)とならん直(なほ)きもの朝(あした)にかれらををさめん、その美容(うるはしき)は陰府(よみ)にほろぼされて宿(やど)るところなかるべし
Karera wa hitsuji no mure no gotoku ni, Yomi no mono to sadameraru; Shi kore ga bokusha to naran: Naoki mono ashita ni karera wo osamen; Sono uruwashiki wa Yomi ni horobosarete, yadoru tokoro nakarubeshi
Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.