古事記

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
古	事	記
こ Grade: 2	じ Grade: 3	き Grade: 2
kan’on	goon	kan’on

Compound of 古事 (koji, “ancient matters”) +‎ 記 (ki, “written record”).

Proper noun

古事記 (hiragana こじき, rōmaji Kojiki)

the earliest historical record of ancient Japan, written in 711-712 CE

Derived terms

古 (こ)事 (じ)記 (き)伝 (でん) (Kojiki-den)
古 (こ)訓 (くん)古 (こ)事 (じ)記 (き) (Kokun Kojiki)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
古	事	記
ふる Grade: 2	こと Grade: 3	ふみ > ぶみ Grade: 2
kun’yomi		nanori

The kun-read spelling, coined by Motoori Norinaga in his titular commentary, the Kojiki-den (1798).[1]

Equivalent to 古事 (furukoto, “ancient matters”) +‎ 書 (fumi, “writing”). The fumi changes to bumi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Proper noun

古事記 (hiragana ふることぶみ, rōmaji Furukotobumi)

(rare) the earliest historical record of ancient Japan, written in 711-712 CE

Coordinate terms

日 (に)本 (ほん)書 (しょ)紀 (き) (Nihon Shoki)
風 (ふ)土 (ど)記 (き) (Fudoki)
万 (まん)葉 (よう)集 (しゅう) (Man'yōshū)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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