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

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
捫
Hyōgai
irregular

Etymology

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Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 捫 (“feel by hand”) to native Japanese verb さわる (sawaru, “to touch”).

Verb

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捫 (さわ)る／捫 (さは)る[1] (sawa.ru) → 触 (さわ)る (sawa.ru)

  1. to touch

Quotations

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  1. ^ OT, page 3:
    然(され)ど園(そ)の中央(のなか)に在(ある)樹(き)の果實(み)をば神(かみ)汝(なんぢ)等(ら)之(これ)を食(くら)ふべからず又(また)之(これ)に捫(さは)るべからず恐(おそらく)は汝(なんぢ)等(ら)死(しな)んと言(いひ)給(たま)へり
    saredo sono no naka ni aru ki no mi woba, Kami najira kore wo kurōbekarazu, mata kore ni sawarubekarazu, osoraku wa nanjira shinan to ii tamaeri
    but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
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