三行半
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | ||
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三 | 行 | 半 |
み Grade: 1 |
くだり Grade: 2 |
はん Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi | on’yomi |
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Literally "three and a half lines". During the Edo period, a husband could divorce his wife by writing a formalized note consisting of three fixed lines of text.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
三行半 • (mikudarihan)
- a letter of divorce given from a husband to a wife
- divorce