キリスト教

Japanese

Kanji in this term
教
きょう Grade: 2
goon

Alternative spelling
基督教 (obsolete)

Etymology

From キリスト (kirisuto, “Christ”) + 教(きょう) (-kyō, “religion”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) キリストきょー [kìrísútókyóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [kʲiɾʲisɨ̥to̞kʲo̞ː]

Proper noun

キリスト教(きょう) • (Kirisuto-kyō) ^{←キリストけう (Kirisuto-Keu)^?}

Christianity
- 2008 July 16 [2008 January 23], Hikaru Nakamura, “その２　最聖珍道中 [Chapter 2: The Ultimate Holy Journey]”, in [聖](セイント)☆おにいさん [Saint☆Young Men], 6th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha:
  
  目(め)覚(ざ)めた人(ひと)ブッダ　神(かみ)の子(こ)イエス　言(い)わずと知(し)れた仏(ぶっ)教(きょう)とキリスト教(きょう)の祖(そ)である
  Mezameta hito Budda Kami no ko Iesu Iwazu to shireta Bukkyō to Kirisuto-kyō no so de aru
  Buddha, the Enlightened. Jesus, Son of God. They are widely regarded as the founders of Buddhism and Christianity, respectively.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Kenbou, Hidetoshi et al., editors (2021), 三省堂国語辞典 [Sanseidō kokugo jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN