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Appendix:Gikun Usage in Meiji Version of Japanese Bible/誘惑す

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
誘 惑
Grade: S Grade: S
irregular

Etymology

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Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 誘惑 (“enticement, seduction”), a term which decomposes into 誘 (“entice”) + 惑 (“beguile”), to native Japanese verb まどわす (madowasu, “to beguile”).

Verb

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誘惑 (まどわ)す ／ 誘惑 (まどは)す[1](madowa.su) → 惑 (まど)わす (mado.wasu), 誘惑 (ゆうわく) (yūwaku)

  1. to beguile

Quotations

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  1. ^ OT, page 3:
    ヱホバ神 (かみ)婦(をんな)に言(いひ)たまひけるは汝(なんぢ)がなしたる此事(このこと)は何(なに)ぞや婦(をんな)言(いひ)けるは蛇(へび)我(われ)を誘惑(まどは)して我(われ)食(くら)へりと
    Ehoba Kami onna ni ii tamaikeru wa nanji ga nashitaru kono koto wa nani zo ya onna iikeru wa hebi ware wo madowashite ware kuraeri to
    And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
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