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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
清	涼
すず(し)
Grade: 4	Grade: S
irregular

Alternative spelling
淸涼 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 清涼 (“refreshing, cool”), a term which decomposes into 清 (“clear, clean, pure, quiet”) + 涼 (“cool”), to native Japanese word すずし (suzushi) to denote a refreshing coolness.

Adjective

清涼 (すずし)／清涼 (すゞし)^[1]　(sazushi, classical form of すず.しい, sazu.shii) → 涼(すず)しい (suzushii), 清涼(せいりょう) (seiryō)

(refreshing) cool

Quotations

^ OT, page 3:
彼等(かれら)園(その)の中(うち)に日(ひ)の清涼(すゞし)き時分(ころ)歩 (あ)みたまふヱホバ神 (かみ)の聲(こゑ)を聞(きゝ)しかばアダムと其(その)妻(つま)即(すなは)ちヱホバ神(かみ)の面(かほ)を避(さけ)て園(そ)の樹(のき)の間(あひだ)に身(み)を匿(かく)せり
Karera sono no uchi ni hi no suzushiki koro ayumi tamau Ehoba Kami no koe wo kikishikaba Adamu to sono tsuma sunawachi Ehoba Kami no kao wo sakete sono no ki no aida ni mi wo kakuseri.
And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.

[Gen_3:8-1] OT, page 3:
彼等(かれら)園(その)の中(うち)に日(ひ)の清涼(すゞし)き時分(ころ)歩 (あ)みたまふヱホバ神 (かみ)の聲(こゑ)を聞(きゝ)しかばアダムと其(その)妻(つま)即(すなは)ちヱホバ神(かみ)の面(かほ)を避(さけ)て園(そ)の樹(のき)の間(あひだ)に身(み)を匿(かく)せり
Karera sono no uchi ni hi no suzushiki koro ayumi tamau Ehoba Kami no koe wo kikishikaba Adamu to sono tsuma sunawachi Ehoba Kami no kao wo sakete sono no ki no aida ni mi wo kakuseri.
And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.

[1]