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

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
黒 暗
Grade: 2 Grade: 3
irregular
Alternative spelling
黑暗 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 黒暗 (“absolute darkness”), a term which decomposes into 黒 (“black”) + 暗 (“darkness”), to native Japanese word やみ (yami, “darkness”).

Noun

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黒暗 (やみ) ／ 黑暗 (やみ)[1] (yami) → 闇 (やみ) (yami), 黒暗 (こくあん)(kokuan)

  1. darkness
※ Ordinarily, this word would have been written 闇 (やみ) (yami), however, it was no ordinary darkness which existed before the creation of light.

Quotations

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  1. ^ OT, page 1:
    地(ち)は定形(かたち)なく曠空(むなし)くして黑暗(やみ)淵(わだ)の面(おもて)にあり神(かみ)の靈(れい)水(みづ)の面(おもて)を覆(おほひ)たりき
    Chi wa katachi naku munashiku shite yami wada no omote ni ari Kami no Rei mizu no omote wo ōitariki
    And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters
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