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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
淵
わだ Jinmeiyō
irregular

Etymology

Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 淵 (“deep”), to native Japanese archaic word わだ (wada, “sea”), instead of the traditional Japanese reading ふち (fuchi, “deep”), to denote, "The deep (sea)".

Noun

淵 (わだ) → 海 (わだ) (archaic word: wada)

1. "the deep" (refering to the deep sea)