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

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
曠 空
Hyōgai Grade: 1
irregular

Etymology

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Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 曠空, a term which decomposes into 曠 (“vast”) + 空 (“empty/void”), to native Japanese word むなし (munashi, “void together”, classical stem of むなしい munashii).

Adjective

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曠空 (むなし)[1] (muna.shi, classical terminal form of むなしい munashii) → 空 (むな)しい, 虚 (むな)しい (muna.shii)

  1. void

Quotations

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  1. ^ OT, page 1:
    地(ち)は定形(かたち)なく曠空(むなし)くして黑暗(やみ)淵(わだ)の面(おもて)にあり神(かみ)の靈(れい)水(みづ)の面(おもて)を覆(おほひ)たりき
    Chi wa katachi naku munashiku shite yami wada no omote ni ari Kami no rei mizu no omote wo ōitariki
    And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters
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