イエス

Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from English yes.

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) イエス [ìéꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ie̞sɨᵝ]

Interjection edit

イエス • (iesu)

yes (that is so)
yes (I accept that)

Synonyms edit

(that is so): はい (hai), そう (sō), その通(とお)り (sono tōri)
(I accept that): はい (hai)

Derived terms edit

イエスマン (iesu man, “yes man”)

Noun edit

イエス • (iesu)

yes

Antonyms edit

ノー (nō)

Etymology 2 edit

Learned borrowing from Latin Iēsus.^[3]^[4] Appears from around the Meiji period, superseding older ゼス (Zesu) and ゼズス (Zezusu).

Alternative forms edit

イエズス (Iezusu)
耶(や)蘇(そ) (Yaso)

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) イエス [ìéꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [2])^[5]
(Tokyo) イエス [íꜜèsù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[5]
IPA^(key): [ie̞sɨᵝ]

Proper noun edit

イエス • (Iesu)

Jesus
- 2008 July 16 [2008 January 23], Hikaru Nakamura, “その５(ご)　Oh(オー) my(マイ) ホビー [Chapter 5: Oh my hobby]”, in [聖](セイント)☆おにいさん [Saint Young Men], 6th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha:
  ……あっ　その前(まえ)にそ(・)れ(・)なんとかして隠(かく)して　イエス！福(ふく)引(び)きでもらった仏(ふつ)像(ぞう)……変(へん)な宗(しゅう)教(きょう)団(だん)体(たい)か強(きょう)烈(れつ)なナルシストだと思(おも)われるから‼
  …A'! Sono mae ni SORE nan toka shite kakushite, Iesu! Fukubiki de moratta Futsuzō… Hen na shūkyō dantai ka kyōretsu na narushisuto da to omowareru kara!!
  …Oh! We gotta hide THAT thing first, Jesus! The Buddha statue I won from that raffle… I don’t want her to think I’m some sorta freaky denomination member or enthusiastic narcissist!!

Derived terms edit

イエス・キリスト (Iesu Kirisuto, “Jesus Christ”)

References edit

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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