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死海文書 (しかいもんじょ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

死し海かい文もん書じょ

also: しかいぶんしょ

Meanings

1

noun

Dead Sea Scrolls

Refers to the ancient Jewish manuscripts discovered near the Dead Sea.

死し海かい文もん書じょは1947年ねんに発はっ見けんされた。
The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in 1947.

Written forms

死海文書
- しかいもんじょ
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading しかいもんじょ is the most common.
- しかいぶんしょ
  Alternate reading; less common but still encountered.
しかいぶんしょ

Kanji

死death, die

sea, ocean

文sentence, literature, style

書write

Etymology

From 死海 (Dead Sea) + 文書 (documents).