素晴らしき

Japanese
Kanji in this term
素 晴
す
Grade: 5
(ateji)		 は > ば
Grade: 2
(ateji)
on’yomi kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
素晴しき

Etymology

Originally derived from 窄(すば)る (subaru, “to shrink, to get smaller”, archaic) + しき (shiki, historically attributive form of しい). Compare the adjective 素晴らしい, and the verbs 窄まる (subomaru), 窄める (subomeru). The kanji spelling is an example of ateji (当て字).

Pronunciation
    • (Tokyo) すばら​しき [sùbáráꜜshìkì] (Nakadaka – [3])
    • IPA(key): [sɨᵝba̠ɾa̠ɕi̥kʲi]

    Adnominal

    素(す)晴(ば)らしき • (subarashiki) 

    1. wonderful, magnificent
      Synonyms: 素晴らしい, 素敵, 凄い
      • 2000, Kaneaki Hayashi, “第七章(だいしちしょう)　奉斎的(ほうさいてき)表現(ひょうげん)”, in 神(かみ)に関(かん)する古語(こご)の研究(けんきゅう), Fuzanbō International, →ISBN, page 263:
        「三諸山(みもろやま)」は即(すなわ)ち「守山(もるやま)」なり、実(じつ)に素晴(すばら)しき大宣言(おおせんげん)にはあらずや。
        "Mimoroyama" wa sunawachi "Moruyama" nari, jitsu ni subarashiki ōsengen ni wa arazu ya.
        "Mimoroyama", namely "Moruyama", is indeed a wonderful declaration.
      • 2021 February 14, “ギラギラ [Blindingly]”, teniwoha (lyrics)‎performed by Ado:
        あーもう本当(ほんとう)になんて素晴(すば)らしき世界(せかい)んで、今日(きょう)もまた己(おのれ)の醜悪(しゅうあく)さに惑(まど)う
        ā mō hontō ni nante subarashiki sekai nde, kyō mo mata onore no shūakusa ni madou
        Oh, what a wonderful world, yet I'm lost in my own repulsiveness today as well
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