イエス

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English yes.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) イエス (Nakadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Interjection

イエス • (iesu)

yes (that is so)
yes (I accept that)

Synonyms

(that is so): はい (hai), そう (sō), その通(とお)り (sono tōri)
(I accept that): はい (hai)

Derived terms

イエスマン (iesu man, “yes man”)

Noun

イエス • (iesu)

yes

Antonyms

ノー (nō)

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin Iēsus. Appears from around the Meiji period, superseding older ゼス (Zesu) and ゼズス (Zezusu).

Alternative forms

イエズス (Iezusu)
耶(や)蘇(そ) (Yaso)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) イエス (Nakadaka – )
(Tokyo) イエス (Atamadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Proper noun

イエス • (Iesu)

Jesus
- 2008 July 16 [2008 January 23], Hikaru Nakamura, “その５(ご)　Oh(オー) my(マイ) ホビー”, in [聖](セイント)☆おにいさん, 6th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha:
  ……あっ　その前(まえ)にそ(・)れ(・)なんとかして隠(かく)して　イエス！福(ふく)引(び)きでもらった仏(ふつ)像(ぞう)……変(へん)な宗(しゅう)教(きょう)団(だん)体(たい)か強(きょう)烈(れつ)なナルシストだと思(おも)われるから‼
  …A'! Sono mae ni SORE nan toka shite kakushite, Iesu! Fukubiki de moratta Futsuzō… Hen na shūkyō dantai ka kyōretsu na narushisuto da to omowareru kara!!
  …Oh! We gotta hide THAT thing first, Jesus! The Buddha statue I won from that raffle… I don’t want her to think I’m some sorta freaky denomination member or enthusiastic narcissist!!

Derived terms

イエス・キリスト (Iesu Kirisuto, “Jesus Christ”)

References

^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third 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
^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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