聖句

Japanese
Kanji in this term
聖 句
せい
Grade: 6		 く
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

Probably from Middle Chinese 聖句 (MC syengH kjuH, literally “holy, sacred + sentences, phrases”).

Pronunciation

Noun

聖(せい)句(く) • (seiku) 

  1. a holy or sacred text
  2. (Christianity) Scripture, a passage of Scripture
  3. (figurative) a bible for something
    70年(ななじゅうねん)代(だい)ではあの本(ほん)はサラリーマンの聖(せい)句(く)でした。
    Nanajū nendai de wa ano hon wa sararīman no seiku deshita.
    During the 70s, that book was the salaryman's bible.

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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