意い義ぎ

い

ぎ

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Meanings

noun

meaning; significance

Refers to the deeper meaning, value, or significance of something, often used in formal or abstract contexts.

この言こと葉ばの意い義ぎを説せつ明めいしてください。
Please explain the meaning of this word.
その発はっ見けんは科か学がくにとって大おおきな意い義ぎがある。
That discovery has great significance for science.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉に意い義ぎがあるthere is significance/meaning in (doing) something
この研けん究きゅうには大おおきな意い義ぎがある。
This research has great significance.
〈事こと〉の意い義ぎを認みとめるto acknowledge the significance of something
彼かれはその活かつ動どうの意い義ぎを認みとめた。
He acknowledged the significance of that activity.
意義いぎを見出みいだすto find meaning/significance (in something)
彼かの女じょは仕し事ごとに意い義ぎを見出みいだしている。
She finds meaning in her work.
〈事こと〉の意い義ぎを問とうto question the significance or purpose of something
この制せい度どの意い義ぎを問とう声こえが上あがっている。
Voices are rising questioning the significance of this system.

Kanji

意idea, mind, heart
義righteousness, justice, morality

Related words

意い味みN5
意味 is the general word for the 'meaning' of a word, action, or situation, while 意義 stresses the deeper significance, value, or purpose behind it and sounds more formal.
義ぎ
意義 means significance or meaning and is commonly used alone, while 義 in this sense is rare outside compounds and feels literary.
価か値ちN3
意義 focuses on the significance or meaning of something, while 価値 focuses on its worth or merit.
重じゅう要よう性せい
重要性 focuses on how important something is, whereas 意義 highlights the meaning or significance behind an action or fact.

Don't confuse with

異い議ぎN1
異議 (also read いぎ) means an 'objection' or 'dissent', while 意義 means 'significance' or 'meaning'; they are pure homophones with unrelated meanings.
一いち義ぎ
意義 broadly means 'significance' or 'point' of something, while 一義 more narrowly means 'a single meaning' or, in formal use, 'primary importance'.
第だい一いち義ぎ
意義 broadly means significance or meaning in general, while 第一義 specifically points to the primary or most fundamental meaning or principle.
真しん意いN1
意義 means the significance or point of something, whereas 真意 means the real intention or true meaning a person actually has in mind.

Word family· 7

有ゆう意い義ぎN1
meaningful; significant; worthwhile
意い義ぎ深ぶかいN2
significant; meaningful; important
同どう意い義ぎ
the same meaning; synonymous
意い義ぎ素そ
sememe; semanteme; irreducible unit of meaning
無む意い義ぎ
meaningless; insignificant

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真しん意い義ぎ
true meaning; real significance
存そん在ざい意い義ぎ
reason for being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence

Etymology

Compound of 意 (い, 'thought, meaning') and 義 (ぎ, 'righteousness, significance'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination has been used to express 'meaning' or 'significance' since classical times.