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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
果	実
Grade: 4	Grade: 3
irregular

Alternative spelling
果實 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 果実 (“fruit”), a term which decomposes into 果 (“fruit”) + 実 (“fruit”), to native Japanese word み (mi, “fruit, nut”).

Noun

果実 (み)／果實 (み)^[1](mi) → 実 (み) (mi)

fruit

Quotations

^ 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)は汝等(なんぢら)死(しな)んと言給(いひたま)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.

[Gen_3:3-1] 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)は汝等(なんぢら)死(しな)んと言給(いひたま)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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