潜在意識

See also: 潛意識

Japanese

Kanji in this term
せん
Grade: S
ざい
Grade: 5

Grade: 3
しき
Grade: 5
kan'on goon on'yomi goon
Alternative spelling
潛在意識 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 潜在 (senzai, latent, underlying) +‎ 意識 (ishiki, awareness, consciousness, mind).[1][2][3]

Possibly a calque of German Unterbewusstsein (subconscious).

First cited to a 1912 English–German–French–Japanese dictionary of philosophical terms.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んざいいしき [sèńzáí íꜜshìkì] (Nakadaka – [5])[3]
  • IPA(key): [sẽ̞nd͡za̠i iɕikʲi]

Noun

(せん)(ざい)()(しき) • (senzai ishiki

  1. the subconscious; the subconscious mind
  2. subconsciousness

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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 (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN