Japanese

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Kanji in this term
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling (call, summon), to native Japanese word よび (yobi, call).

Noun

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 (よび)[1] (yobi) →  () (yobi)

  1. call

Quotations

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  1. ^ OT, page 3:
    ヱホバ (かみ)アダムを(よび)(これ)(いひ)たまひけるは(なんぢ)何處(いづこ)にをるや
    Ehoba Kami Adamu o yobite kore ni ii tamaikeru wa nanji wa izuko ni oruya?
    And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?