外法
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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外 | 法 |
げ Grade: 2 |
ほう Grade: 4 |
goon | on'yomi |
Ultimately from Middle Chinese 外法 (MC ngwajH pjop). Literally "outer ways", in reference to the methods or principles of those outside of the Buddhist community. First cited in Japanese to roughly 1120.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- [from 1120] (Buddhism) non-Buddhist teachings (from the perspective of Buddhist thought),
- [from early 1200s] practices involving tengu and witchcraft
- Coordinate terms: 天狗 (tengu), 外法様 (Gehō-sama, epithet for Tengu), 妖術 (yōjutsu, “witchcraft”)
- [from 1778] short for 外法頭 (gehō atama, literally “outer-ways head”): a skull used for divination and witchcraft
- [from 1801] (historical) short for 外法下駄 (gehō geta): a type of geta popular in the early Edo period, with a footbed made of paulownia wood and teeth made of oak (possibly so named due to the surname of the first seller of this kind of geta)
- [from 1499] short for 外法頭 (gehō atama, literally “outer-ways head”) alternative name for 福禄寿 (Fukurokuju), one of the Seven Lucky Gods (so named for his elongated forehead)
Derived terms
[edit]- 外法頭 (gehō atama): a skull used for divination and witchcraft
- 外法下駄 (gehō geta): a type of geta popular in the early Edo period, with a footbed made of paulownia wood and teeth made of oak
- 外法様 (Gehō-sama): an epithet for Tengu
- 外法箱 (gehōbako): a box used by practitioners of tengu-related witchcraft to hold their paraphernalia
Etymology 2
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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外 | 法 |
そと Grade: 2 |
のり Grade: 4 |
kun'yomi |
Compound of 外 (soto, “outer, outside”) + 法 (nori, “measurement”).[1][2][3][4][5]
First cited in 1717.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- [from 1717] the outer dimensions or measurement of something
- Antonym: 内法 (uchinori, “inner dimensions or measurement of something”)
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “外法”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- ^ “外法”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen][2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
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