From <span class="searchmatch">合</span><span class="searchmatch">ふ</span> (au, “to join”), applying the 義訓 (<span class="searchmatch">gikun</span>, “meaning reading”) to <span class="searchmatch">好</span><span class="searchmatch">合</span> (kōgō, “intimacy”), to denote “joining together <span class="searchmatch">in</span> love”. <span class="searchmatch">好</span><span class="searchmatch">合</span>(あ)<span class="searchmatch">ふ</span> • (au) intransitive †yodan...
reading <span class="searchmatch">of</span> Chinese origin (on'yomi). There are thousands <span class="searchmatch">of</span> <span class="searchmatch">gikun</span> <span class="searchmatch">in</span> the <span class="searchmatch">Meiji</span> (明治) <span class="searchmatch">version</span> <span class="searchmatch">of</span> the <span class="searchmatch">Japanese</span> <span class="searchmatch">Bible</span> which can not be found <span class="searchmatch">in</span> even the...