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

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Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
善 美
Grade: 6 Grade: 3
irregular

Etymology edit

Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 善美 (“perfect beauty”), a term which decomposes into 善 (“good/perfect”) + 美 (“beauty”), to native Japanese word うるわしき (uruwashiki, “beauty”) to denote perfect beauty.

Noun edit

善美 (うるわしき)／善美 (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)

  1. (perfect) beauty

Quotations edit

  1. ^ OT, page 833:
    尊(たふ)貴(とき)と稜威(みいづ)とはその前(みまへ)にあり能(ちから)と善美(うるはしき)とはその聖(せい)所(じよ)にあり
    Tōtokito to miizu to wa sono mi mae ni ari: Chikara to uruwashiki to wa sono seijo ni ari.
    Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary..
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