Creation - Kaibyaku

Japanese: 開闢 - かいびゃく

〘Noun〙 (Older name was "kaihyaku". Both "kai" and "baku" mean "to open" or "to shine") 1. The beginning of the opening of heaven and earth. The beginning of the world or countries. The creation of the world. → Creation of heaven and earth. *Shoku Nihongi - Yoro 3rd year (719), October Xinushi, "Since the creation, the laws have been enacted." *Taiheiki (late 14th century), 16 "In search of the beginning of the creation of Japan" [Yang Xiong - Geki Qin Meixin] 2. (━suru) The opening of mountains and temples as places of faith. Also, the person who does this. Kaibyaku . *Shishu Hyakuin'enshu (1257), 7 "These are also the traces of the creation of the Great Master . " 3. (━suru) The clearing of wasteland, etc. ※Saichangcao - July 7, 1506 (Yongzheng 3) " _Unlike the past, the waters of the _Yellow River have become clearer _since the beginning of the era."

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (古くは「かいひゃく」。「開」も「闢」も「ひらける」「ひらく」の意)① 天地の開け始め。世界や国などの始まり。創世。→天地開闢。※続日本紀‐養老三年（719）一〇月辛丑「開闢已来、法令尚矣」※太平記（１４Ｃ後）一六「夫日本開闢(カイヒャク)の始めを尋ぬれば」〔揚雄‐劇秦美新〕② (━する) 信仰の場としての、山や寺を開くこと。また、その人。開白(かいびゃく)。※私聚百因縁集（1257）七「此れ等は併ら大師開闢(カイヒャク)の御跡也」③ (━する) 荒れ地などが切り開かれること。※再昌草‐永正三年（1506）七月七日「従来不_レ似_二黄河水_一開闢年年只一清」

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