古事記

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古事記

1. Kojiki (earliest historical record of ancient Japan written in 711-712 CE)

Compound of 古事 (koji, “ancient matters”) +‎ 記 (ki, “written record”).

Alternatively, from 古 (ko, “ancient”) +‎ 事記 (jiki, “recorded written events”).

古(こ)事(じ)記(き) • (Kojiki) 

1. the earliest historical record of ancient Japan, written in 711-712 CE

• 日(に)本(ほん)書(しょ)紀(き) (Nihon Shoki)
• 風(ふ)土(ど)記(き) (Fudoki)
• 万(まん)葉(よう)集(しゅう) (Man'yōshū)

• 古(こ)事(じ)記(き)伝(でん) (Kojiki-den)
• 古(こ)訓(くん)古(こ)事(じ)記(き) (Kokun Kojiki)

• → Chinese: 古事記／古事记 (Gǔshìjì)
• → Korean: 고사기 (Gosagi)
• → Vietnamese: Cổ sự ký

The kun-read spelling, coined by Motoori Norinaga in his titular commentary, the Kojiki-den (1798).[1][2]

Equivalent to 古事 (furukoto, “ancient matters”) +‎ 書 (fumi, “writing”). The fumi changes to bumi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

古(ふる)事(こと)記(ぶみ) • (Furukotobumi) 

1. (rare) the Kojiki (earliest historical record of ancient Japan written in 711-712 CE)
   • 1798, Motoori Norinaga, Commentaries on the Kojiki

     さて日(に)本(ほん)紀(ぎ)をば、夜麻登夫美(ヤマトブミ)と訓(よ)むを……されど彼(か)の夜麻登夫美(ヤマトブミ)の例(れい)に傚(なら)はば、布琉許登夫美(フルコトブミ)とぞ訓(よま)まし

     Sate Nihongi o ba, Yamatobumi to yomu o… saredo ka no Yamatobumi no rei ni narawaba, Furukotobumi to zo yomamashi

     Then, if the Nihongi is read in purely native language as Yamato-bumi... following this custom [the Kojiki] is as Furukoto-bumi.

• 大和(やまと)文(ぶみ) (Yamatobumi)

古事記 • (Gosagi) (hangeul 고사기)

1. Hanja form^? of 고사기 (“Kojiki”).

古事記

1. chữ Hán form of Cổ sự ký (“Kojiki”).