Appendix:Gikun Usage in Meiji Version of Japanese Bible/狡猾し
Japanese edit
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 狡 | 猾 |
| さが | |
| Hyōgaiji | Hyōgaiji |
| irregular | |
Etymology edit
Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 狡猾 (“craftiness”), a term which decomposes into 狡 (“crafty”) + 猾 (“sly”), to native Japanese word さがし (sagashi) thus denoting cleverness in surreptitious behavior (subtil).
Adjective edit
狡猾し[1] (saga.shi, classical form of さが.しい, saga.shii) → 賢しい (sagashī), 小賢しい (kozakashī)
Quotations edit
- ^ OT, page 3:
- ヱホバ神の造りたまひし野の生物の中に蛇最も狡猾し蛇婦に言ひけるは神眞に汝等園の諸の樹の果は食ふべからずと言たまひしや
- Ehoba Kami no tsukuri tamaishi no no ikimono no naka ni hebi mottomo sagashi. Hebi onna ni iikeru wa, Kami makoto ni nanjira sono no subete no ki no mi wa kurafubekarazu to ii tamaishi ya?
- Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
- Ehoba Kami no tsukuri tamaishi no no ikimono no naka ni hebi mottomo sagashi. Hebi onna ni iikeru wa, Kami makoto ni nanjira sono no subete no ki no mi wa kurafubekarazu to ii tamaishi ya?
- ヱホバ神の造りたまひし野の生物の中に蛇最も狡猾し蛇婦に言ひけるは神眞に汝等園の諸の樹の果は食ふべからずと言たまひしや