原典

Japanese JLPT N1 Vocabulary Japanese ★★ 2/5 formal げんてんgenten
読み げんてん
ローマ字 genten
漢字の分解 原 (gen) — original, source; 典 (ten) — classic text, authoritative work
発音 /ɡen.ten/

意味

Original text; source document. The primary, authoritative version of a text, as opposed to a translation, commentary, or adaptation.

A noun used in scholarly, literary, and religious contexts to distinguish the founding document from all derivative versions. In academic research, consulting the 原典 is considered more rigorous than relying on translations. In religious studies, 原典 often refers to sacred scriptures in their original language.

例文

  1. この翻訳は原典の意味をできる限り忠実に伝えようと工夫されている。
  2. ギリシャ語の原典を読まなければ、古代哲学の真意には辿り着けない。
  3. 研究の信頼性を高めるには、原典に当たることが不可欠だ。

使い方ガイド

場面: academia, religious studies, translation, literary criticism

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 原 (gen, original/source) and 典 (ten, classic text/authoritative book). 典 carries the sense of a canonical or revered text, making 原典 literally 'the founding canonical text.'

文化的背景

時代: Classical–Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Educated

関連フレーズ

仮名 Kana; the Japanese phonetic syllabary comprising hiragana and katakana, developed from simplified Chinese characters. 侘び寂び Wabi-sabi; a Japanese aesthetic that finds beauty in imperfection, incompleteness, and transience. An appreciation for the humble, weathered, and irregular. 俳句 Haiku; a traditional Japanese poem of 17 syllables in three lines (5-7-5), typically evoking nature, a season, and a single vivid moment. 入門 Introduction; a primer or entry into a field of study. Also: the formal act of becoming a disciple under a master in a traditional art. 和歌 Waka; traditional Japanese poetry, particularly the tanka form with a 5-7-5-7-7 syllable structure. The classical poetic tradition of Japan as distinguished from Chinese verse. 和紙 Washi; traditional handmade Japanese paper crafted from plant fibres such as kozo (mulberry). A material central to Japanese literary, artistic, and cultural heritage. 四字熟語 A four-character idiom; a compound of four kanji forming a fixed idiomatic expression, often of Chinese origin. Known in English as yojijukugo. 常用漢字 Jōyō kanji; the official list of commonly used Chinese characters in contemporary Japanese.
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