遺事

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Chinese

to lose; to leave behind
matter; thing; item
matter; thing; item; work; affair
 
trad. (遺事) 遺 事
simp. (遗事) 遗 事

Pronunciation

Noun

遺事

  1. incidents of the past ages
  2. deeds of those now dead

Japanese

Kanji in this term
遺 事
い
Grade: 6 		じ
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

Attested in Japanese from at least the 16th century.[1] Presumably from Chinese.

Pronunciation

Noun

遺(い)事(じ) • (iji) ←ゐじ (wizi)?

  1. matters conveyed from the past; historical events
    • 1974, Li Kihaku, Sangoku Iji no shigakuteki igi [Historical significance of Sangoku Iji], page 246:
      正(せい)史(し)としての三(さん)国(ごく)史(し)記(き)は伝(でん)記(き)体(たい)であるが、個(こ)人(じん)の著(ちょ)述(じゅつ)である三(さん)国(ごく)遺(い)事(じ)は、内(ない)容(よう)別(べつ)にその編(あみ)目(め)を分(わ)けて故(こ)事(じ)を記(き)述(じゅつ)している。
      Seishi to shite no Sangoku Shiki wa denki tai de aru ga, kojin no chojutsu de aru Sangoku Iji wa, naiyō betsu ni sono amime o wakete koji o kijutsu shiteiru.
      While the official history of Samguk Sagi includes biographical accounts, the more personalized writing of Sangoku Iji describes historical events by dividing them into sections.
  2. things left undone by people who have died
  3. things left undone from a past project or plan

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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