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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
華	美
Grade: S	Grade: 3
irregular

Etymology

Gikun word derived from Sino-Japanese word 華美 (かび), kabi, (magnificent beauty), which combines a kanji meaning "magnificent" (華) and a kanji meaning "beauty" (美) and replacing it's reading with a word of Japanese origin meaning "beauty".

Noun

華美 (うるわしき)／華美 (うるはしき)^[1] (uruwashiki, Historical hiragana: うるはしき, classical form of うるわ.しい, uruwa.shii)　→　麗 (うるわ)しい (uruwa.shii)

(magnificent) beauty

Quotations

^ OT, page 758:
さればなんぢ威光 (いきほひ)と尊貴 (たふとき)とをもて自 (みづか)ら飾 (かざ)り榮光 (さかえ)と華美 (うるはしき)とをもて身 (み)に纒 (まと)へ
Sareba nanji ikioi to tōtoki to wo mote mizukara kazari; Sakae to uruwashisa to wo mote mi ni matoe.
Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.

[Job_40:10-1] OT, page 758:
さればなんぢ威光 (いきほひ)と尊貴 (たふとき)とをもて自 (みづか)ら飾 (かざ)り榮光 (さかえ)と華美 (うるはしき)とをもて身 (み)に纒 (まと)へ
Sareba nanji ikioi to tōtoki to wo mote mizukara kazari; Sakae to uruwashisa to wo mote mi ni matoe.
Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.

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