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原典 (genten)

original (text)

  • JLPT N1

Meaning

原典 (げんてん, genten) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “original (text)”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 3

原典げんてんに脱落だつらくがある。

There is a lacuna in the text.

彼かれの翻訳ほんやくは原典げんてんに忠実ちゅうじつだ。

His translation is close to the original.

このとき残した「安禅必ずしも山水を用いず、心頭滅却すれば火も亦た涼し」の辞世で知られる(杜荀鶴の原典は「…火も自ずから涼し」)。

Joki has been famous for his farewell poem (composed before his death), saying "Meditation does not always require a quiet place. If you have established your own philosophy, nothing will trouble you as if you would feel fire cool.

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