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

Etymology
Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling, a term which decomposes into + , to native Japanese verb.

Noun

 * 1) life

Quotations

 * OT, page 2:
 * Mata chi no subete no kemono to sora no subete no tori oyobi chi ni hau subete no mono nado oyoso inochi aru mono ni wa ware shokumotsu to shite subete no aoki kusa wo atau to sunawachi kaku narinu
 * And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
 * And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.