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

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
Grade: S Grade: 2
irregular
Alternative spelling
裸體 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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

Noun

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裸体 (はだか)[1] (hadaka) →  (はだか)(hadaka), ()(たい) (ratai)

  1. naked

Quotations

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  1. ^ OT, page 3:
    アダムと(その)(つま)二人(ふたり)(とも)裸体(はだか)にして(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.