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

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

Verb
(fue) →, (fu.eru)


 * 1) multiply (of fish)
 * ※ See also and .  There are three gikun versions of ふえ (fue) in Genesis 1 (a different version for each time the word is used in regards to different creatures) literally multiplying the way in which this can be written and thereby emphasizing God's command for living things to multiply in the earth.