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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
曠	空
Hyōgai	Grade: 1
irregular

Etymology

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

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)

void

Quotations

^ 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

[Gen_1:2-1] 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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