ゴスペル

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Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English gospel.[1][2][3]

First cited in 1867, in the first edition of the 万国新聞紙 (Bankoku Shinbun-shi, “All-Nations Newspaper”), published by Church of England missionary Michael Buckworth Bailey.[1]

The gospel music sense arose sometime after 1966, the date when full term ゴスペルソング (gosuperu songu) is first attested.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

ゴスペル • (gosuperu) 

  1. gospel
  2. the Gospels: all or any of the first four books of the New Testament, Matthew, Mark, Luke or John
  3. short for ゴスペルソング (gosuperu songu, “gospel music, gospel song”)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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