披露宴

Japanese

Kanji in this term
披	露	宴
ひ Grade: S	ろう Grade: S	えん Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

From 披露 (“announcement”) +‎ 宴 (“feast”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひろーえん [hìróꜜòèǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [çiɾo̞ːẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

披(ひ)露(ろう)宴(えん) • (hirōen) 

1. a banquet held to celebrate an announcement, usually a wedding reception

References

• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN