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

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
Hyōgai Grade: 1
irregular

Etymology

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Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 灌木 (plant, shrub), a term which decomposes into (irrigation) + (tree), to native Japanese word (ki, tree) thus denoting woody plants in general.

Noun

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灌木 ()[1](ki) →  (),  () (ki)

  1. (woody) plant
※The gikun spelling 灌木 (), instead of the standard  () or  (), brings to mind plants' requirement for irrigation () which is the topic of Genesis 2:5 where this gikun is found.

Quotations

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  1. ^ OT, page 2:
    ()(すべて)灌木()(いま)()にあらず()(すべて)草蔬(くさ)(いまだ)(しやう)ぜざりき()はヱホバ (かみ)(あめ)()(ふら)せたまはず(また)土地(つち)(たがへ)(ひと)なかりければなり
    No no subete no ki wa imada chi ni arazu no no subete no kusa wa imada shozezariki so wa Yehoba Kami ame wo chi ni furase tamawazu mata tsuchi wo tagaesu hito nakarikereba nari
    And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground