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聖書 (せいしょ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

聖せい書しょ

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

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noun

Bible; the Scriptures

Christianity

Refers specifically to the Christian Bible. In Japanese, it is the standard term for the Christian scriptures.

彼かれは毎まい朝あさ聖せい書しょを読よんでいる。
He reads the Bible every morning.
聖せい書しょに

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話ばなし

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Many parables are written in the Bible.

Kanji

聖holy, saint, sage
書write

Similar words

経きょう典てん
経典 is a broader term for sacred scriptures of any religion, while 聖書 specifically refers to the Christian Bible.
バイブル
バイブル is a loanword from English 'Bible' and can be used in a more casual or figurative sense, such as 'a bible for programmers'. 聖書 is the standard Japanese term for the Christian scriptures.

Etymology

From Chinese 聖書 (shèngshū), meaning 'holy book'. The term was adopted in Japanese to refer specifically to the Christian Bible.