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

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
創 造
Grade: 6 Grade: 5
irregular

Etymology

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Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 創造 (“creation”), a term which decomposes into 創 (“create”) + 造 (“make”), to native Japanese verb つくる (tsukuru, “to create”).

Verb

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創造 (つくり)[1][2] (tsuku.ri, inflection of 作 (つく)る, 創 (つく)る, 造 (つく)る, tsuku.ru)

  1. create

Quotations

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  1. ^ OT, page 1:
    元始(はじめ)に神 (かみ)天(てん)地(ち)を創造(つくり)たまへり
    Hajime ni Kami tenchi wo tsukuri tamaeri
    In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth
  2. ^ OT, page 2:
    神 (かみ)其(その)像(かたち)の如(こと)くに人(ひと)を創造(つくり)たまへり即(すなは)ち神 (かみ)の像(かたち)の如(こと)くに之(これ)を創造(つくり)之(これ)を男(をとこ)と女(をんな)に創造(つくり)たまへり
    Kami sono katachi no gotoku ni hito wo tsukuri tamaeri sunawachi Kami no katachi no gotoku ni kore wo tsukuri kore wo otoku to onna ni tsukuri tamaeri.
    So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
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