Appendix:Gikun Usage in Meiji Version of Japanese Bible/一個

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	個
Grade: 1	Grade: 5
irregular

Etymology

Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 一個 (“a, an”), a term which decomposes into 一 (“one”) + 個 (“individual”), to native Japanese verb ひとり (hitori, “one person”).

Noun

一個 (ひとり)^[1] (hitori) → 一人(ひとり) (hitori), 一(いっ)個(こ) (ikko), 一(いっ)個(か) (ikka)

a (person)

Quotations

^ OT, page 4:
アダム其(その)妻(つま)エバを知(し)る彼(かれ)孕(はら)みてカインを生(う)みて言(いひ)けるは我(われ)ヱホバによりて一個(ひとり)の人(ひと)を得(え)たりと
Adamu sono tsuma Eba wo shiru kare haramite Kain wo umite iikeru wa ware Ehoba ni yorite hitori no hito wo etari to
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.

[Gen_4:1-1] OT, page 4:
アダム其(その)妻(つま)エバを知(し)る彼(かれ)孕(はら)みてカインを生(う)みて言(いひ)けるは我(われ)ヱホバによりて一個(ひとり)の人(ひと)を得(え)たりと
Adamu sono tsuma Eba wo shiru kare haramite Kain wo umite iikeru wa ware Ehoba ni yorite hitori no hito wo etari to
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.

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