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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
めつ > めっ
Grade: S
きん > き
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alteration of 滅金 (metsukin, gold-mercury amalgam used in plating).[1]

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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(めっ)() or 滅金(メッキ) (mekki

  1. plating, gilding
  2. pretense

Verb

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(めっ)()する or 滅金(メッキ)する (mekki surusuru (stem (めっ)() (mekki shi), past (めっ)()した (mekki shita))

  1. plate
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
めつ
Grade: S
きん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

(metsu, destroy) +‎ (kin, gold)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(めつ)(きん) (metsukin

  1. gold-mercury amalgam used in plating

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN