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啓示 (けいじ, keiji) Japanese meaning: divine revelation | Kotomora
Common word› Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 啓示する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 啓けい 示じ する 啓けい 示じ しない Polite 啓けい 示じ します 啓けい 示じ しません Past polite 啓けい 示じ しました 啓けい 示じ しませんでした Past 啓けい 示じ した 啓けい 示じ しなかった Te-form 啓けい 示じ して 啓けい 示じ しないで Desire 啓けい 示じ したい 啓けい 示じ したくない Potential 啓けい 示じ できる 啓けい 示じ できない Passive 啓けい 示じ される 啓けい 示じ されない Causative 啓けい 示じ させる 啓けい 示じ させない Causative passive 啓けい 示じ させられる 啓けい 示じ させられない Volitional 啓けい 示じ しよう Polite volitional 啓けい 示じ しましょう Imperative 啓けい 示じ しろ 啓けい 示じ するな Conditional 啓けい 示じ すれば 啓けい 示じ しなければ Tara conditional 啓けい 示じ したら 啓けい 示じ しなかったら
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信しん
じ
て
いる
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He believes that he received a revelation from God.
God revealed the future to the prophet.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 が 啓けい 示じ を 受う ける for someone to receive a divine revelation
He said he received a revelation from God in a dream.
神かみ が 〈 人ひと 〉 に 啓けい 示じ を 与あた える for God to grant a revelation to someone
〈 事こと 〉 は 神かみ の 啓けい 示じ による something is based on / attributed to divine revelation
This teaching is said to be based on divine revelation.
Kanji 示 show, indicate, point out Related words 神託 refers to an oracle or divine pronouncement delivered through a medium, while 啓示 is the broader term for the act or content of divine revelation itself.
黙示 is used especially for revelation in Biblical or apocalyptic contexts, whereas 啓示 is the more general word for divine revelation.
示唆 means a hint or suggestion and is usually secular, while 啓示 carries a stronger, religious or spiritual sense of revelation.
啓示 means a divine revelation or disclosure of truth, while 預言 specifically denotes the spoken or written prophecy that conveys such revelation.
Don't confuse with 啓発 shares the kanji 啓 with 啓示 but means enlightenment or educational awakening, not a divine revelation.
啓示 (also read けいじ) means a religious or spiritual revelation, completely unrelated to 掲示's meaning of a posted written notice.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound written with 啓, associated with opening or enlightening, and 示, associated with showing or indicating. This is a useful meaning-based explanation of the spelling, not a detailed historical derivation.
It is believed that God granted a revelation to the prophet.
