神通力

Japanese

Kanji in this term
神 通 力
じん
Grade: 3 		つう
Grade: 2 		りき
Grade: 1
goon
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)
Kanji in this term
神 通 力
じん
Grade: 3 		つう > ずう
Grade: 2 		りき
Grade: 1
goon
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 神通 (jintsū, “superpower, divine or occult power or talent”, where jintsū is the older reading for modern jinzū) +‎ 力 (riki, “power”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) じんつうりき [jìńtsúꜜùrìkì] (Nakadaka – [3])[4][3]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑĩnt͡sɨːɾʲikʲi]
  • (Tokyo) じんずうりき [jìńzúꜜùrìkì] (Nakadaka – [3])[3]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑĩnd͡zɨːɾʲikʲi]

Noun

神(じん)通(つう)力(りき) or 神(じん)通(ずう)力(りき) • (jintsūriki or jinzūriki) 

  1. (Buddhism) synonym of 神通 (jinzū)
  2. (by extension, occult) a superpower, a supernatural, divine, or occult power

See also

References

  1. ^ “神通力”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ “神通力”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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