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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
道
Grade: 2
jukujikun

Etymology

From 言葉 (kotoba, “word”), applying the 義訓 (gikun, “meaning”) reading to Chinese-derived 道 (dō, literally “way”), which was already apparent in the Chinese translations as “the Logos”; compare Chinese 道.

Proper noun

道(ことば) • (Kotoba) 

1. (Christianity) the Logos, Word
   • Gospel of John 1:1, page 699

     太初(はじめ)に道(ことば)あり道(ことば)ハ神(かみ)と偕(とも)にあり道(ことば)ハ即(すなは)ち神(かみ)なり

     Hajime ni Kotoba ari Kotoba wa Kami to tomo ni ari Kotoba wa sunawachi Kami nari

     In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.