神じん亀き

noun

mysterious turtle; auspicious turtle

Only with reading しんき

Rare term for a mythical turtle believed to be an omen of good luck. Restricted to the reading しんき.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんに「神しん亀き」が瑞ずい兆ちょうとして記しるされている。

  In old documents, 'shinki' is recorded as an auspicious omen.

noun

Jinki era; Shinki era

Japanese era name spanning 724–729 CE. Both じんき and しんき readings exist, but じんき is the standard era reading.

• 神じん亀き年ねん間かんにこの寺てらが建こん立りゅうされた。

  This temple was built during the Jinki era.