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Proverb. From Genesis 1:28.
  1. be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
生めよ、殖えよ、地に満てよ うめよふえよちにみてよ
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
生めよ殖えよ地に満てよ うめよふえよちにみてよ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

life, genuine, birth
セイ い.きる う.まれる (1st, N5)
augment, increase, multiply
ショク ふ.える うえ (7th, N1)
bare bone, bad, wrong
ガツ ガチ タイ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
evening
ゆう セキ ゆ (1st, N4)
straightaway, honesty, frankness
なお.す なお チョク (2nd, N3)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
fishhook radical(乙) variant
ground, earth
チ ジ どま (2nd, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
to be (classical)
ヤ なり エ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
to squint, what? huh? (Cant.)
バ メ やぶにらみ
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
full, fullness, enough
マン み.ちる みつる (4th, N3)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
both, old Japanese coin, counter for carriages (e.g., in a train)
リョウ てる ふたつ (3rd, N3)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ ケイ (Kentei 1)
mountain
やま サン セン (1st, N5)