Appendix:Gikun Usage in Meiji Version of Japanese Bible/劬労
Japanese edit
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 劬 | 労 |
| Hyōgaiji | Grade: 4 |
| irregular | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 劬勞 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology edit
Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 劬労 (“hard labor, toil”), a term which decomposes into 劬 (“toil”) + 苦 (“difficult, painful, hard”), to native Japanese word くるしみ (kurushimi, “pain, suffering, sorrows”).
Noun edit
劬労／劬勞[1] (kurushimi) → 苦しみ (kurushimi)
- sorrow (pain/distress caused by hard labor)
Quotations edit
- ^ OT, page 4:
- 又婦に言たまひけるは我大に汝の懷姙の劬勞を増すべし汝は苦みて子を產ん又汝は夫をしたひ彼は汝を治めん
- Mata onna ni ii tamaikeru wa ware ōi ni nanji no harami no kurushimi wo masubeshi nanji wa kurushimite ko wo uman mata nanji wa otto wo shitai kare wa nanji wo osamen
- Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.