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)

wonderful, magnificent
- 2000, Hayashi, Kaneaki, “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) [Chapter 7: Expressions of devotion]”, in 神(かみ)に関(かん)する古語(こご)の研究(けんきゅう) [A study on old language regarding the gods], 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, teniwoha (lyrics), “ギラギラ [Blindingly]”‎, 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
Synonyms: 素晴らしい, 素敵, 凄い