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奇跡
奇跡
See also: 奇迹
Chinese
strange; odd; weird; wonderful; odd (Num)
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footprint; mark; trace; vestige; sign; indication
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| trad. (奇跡/奇蹟) | 奇 | 跡/蹟 | |
| simp. (奇迹) | 奇 | 迹 | |
Noun
奇跡
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
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| 奇 | 跡 |
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き Grade: S |
せき Grade: S |
| on'yomi | |
Etymology
From Middle Chinese compound 奇跡 (gje + tsjek, literally “strange + footprint, traces”).
Pronunciation
- On'yomi
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(Tokyo) きせき [k
ìsékí] (Heiban - [0])[1][2] -
(Tokyo) きせき [k
ìséꜜkì] (Nakadaka - [2])[1][2] - IPA(key): [kʲi̥se̞kʲi]
Alternative forms
Noun
奇跡 (hiragana きせき, romaji kiseki)
- miracle
- ここに奇跡が起こった
- koko ni kiseki ga okotta
- A miracle happened here.
- ここに奇跡が起こった
Derived terms
- 奇跡劇 (kisekigeki, “miracle play”)
- 奇跡的 (kisekiteki, “miraculous”)
References
- 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
- 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.