黙示録

Japanese

Kanji in this term
黙	示	録
もく Grade: S	し Grade: 5	ろく Grade: 4
goon	kan'on	goon

Alternative spelling
默示錄 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

黙示(もくし) (mokushi, “apocalypse”) + 録(ろく) (-roku, “record”).

First attested in 1898.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) もくしろく [mòkúshíꜜròkù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[2]
IPA^(key): [mo̞kɯ̟̊ɕiɾo̞kɯ̟]

Proper noun

黙(もく)示(し)録(ろく) • (Mokushiroku)

[from 1898] the Apocalypse; the Revelation

Derived terms

ヨハネの黙(もく)示(し)録(ろく) (Yohane no Mokushiroku)

References

^ “黙示録”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN