ゴスペル

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English gospel.[1][2][3]

First cited in 1867, in the first edition of the 万国新聞紙 (Bankoku Shinbun-shi, “All-Nations Newspaper”), published by Church of England missionary Michael Buckworth Bailey.[1]

The gospel music sense arose sometime after 1966, the date when full term ゴスペルソング (gosuperu songu) is first attested.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ゴ​スペル [góꜜsùpèrù] (Atamadaka – [1])[3]
  • IPA(key): [ɡo̞sɨ̥ᵝpe̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

ゴスペル • (gosuperu) 

  1. [from 1867] gospel
  2. [from 1867] the Gospels: all or any of the first four books of the New Testament, Matthew, Mark, Luke or John
  3. [after 1966] short for ゴスペルソング (gosuperu songu, “gospel music, gospel song”)

References
  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 (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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