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

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
苗 裔
Grade: S Hyōgaiji
irregular

Etymology

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Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 苗裔 (“seed (descendent), offspring”), a term which decomposes into 苗 (“seedling”) + 裔 (“progeny”), to native Japanese word すえ (sue, “offspring”).

Noun

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苗裔 (すえ)／苗裔 (すゑ)[1] (sue) → 末(すえ) (sue), 苗裔(びょうえい) (byōei)

  1. seed (descendent)

Quotations

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  1. ^ OT, page 4:
    又(また)我(われ)汝(なんぢ)と婦(をんな)の間(あひだ)および汝(なんぢ)の苗裔(すゑ)と婦(をんな)の苗裔(すゑ)の間(あひだ)に怨恨(うらみ)を置(おか)ん彼(かれ)は汝(なんぢ)の頭(かしら)を碎(くだ)き汝(なんぢ)は彼(かれ)の踵(くびす)を碎(くだ)かん
    Mata ware nanji to onna no aida oyobi nanji no sue to onna no sue no aida ni urami wo okan kare wa nanji no kashira wo kudaki nanji wa kare no kubisu wo kudakan
    And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
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