"鬼籍" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [kʲise̞kʲi] Forms: 鬼籍 [canonical] (ruby: (), (せき)), kiseki [romanization]
Etymology: Derivation unknown. First cited in 1886. Based on the senses of the Chinese characters, the spelling literally means ghost + register, record, list. Etymology templates: {{unk|ja|nocap=1|sort=きせき}} unknown Head templates: {{ja-noun|きせき}} 鬼(き)籍(せき) • (kiseki)
  1. necrology (list of dead persons)
    Sense id: en-鬼籍-ja-noun-cxM7AM~Y
  2. (figuratively) list of abolished things Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-鬼籍-ja-noun-FbDEtiK~ Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 24 76 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 21 79 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 41 59 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 18 82 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 18 82 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 20 80 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 過去帳 (kakochō) (ruby: (), (), (ちょう)), 点鬼簿 (tenkibo) (ruby: (てん), (), 簿()) Derived forms: 鬼籍に入る (kiseki ni iru) (ruby: (), (せき), ()) (english: to die; to be abolished)
Categories (other): Death Disambiguation of Death: 0 0
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    }
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        "(figuratively) list of abolished things"
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          "過",
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          "去",
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          "帳",
          "ちょう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "過去帳"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "tenkibo",
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          "点",
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          "鬼",
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          "簿",
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  ],
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  ],
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          "鬼",
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          "過",
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          "去",
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          "帳",
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          "鬼",
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Download raw JSONL data for 鬼籍 meaning in Japanese (2.2kB)

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