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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
裸	体
Grade: S	Grade: 2
irregular

Alternative spelling
裸體 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 裸体 (“naked body”), a term which decomposes into 裸 (“naked”) + 体 (“body”), to native Japanese word はだか (hadaka, “naked”).

Noun

裸体 (はだか)^[1] (hadaka) → 裸 (はだか)(hadaka), 裸(ら)体(たい) (ratai)

naked

Quotations

^ OT, page 3:
アダムと其(その)妻(つま)は二人(ふたり)倶(とも)に裸体(はだか)にして愧(はぢ)ざりき
Adamu to sono tsuma wa futari tomo ni hadaka ni shite hajizariki
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

[Gen_2:25-1] OT, page 3:
アダムと其(その)妻(つま)は二人(ふたり)倶(とも)に裸体(はだか)にして愧(はぢ)ざりき
Adamu to sono tsuma wa futari tomo ni hadaka ni shite hajizariki
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

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