Chinese

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honey moon; month
simp. and trad.
(蜜月)
 
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Etymology

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Calque of English honeymoon

Pronunciation

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Noun

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蜜月

  1. honeymoon
    蜜月  ―  mìyuè  ―  to go on honeymoon

Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (蜜月):

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
みつ
Grade: S
げつ
Grade: 1
goon kan'on

Etymology

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Compound of (mitsu, honey) +‎ (getsu, moon, month), calque of English honeymoon.[1][2]

First cited to 1903.[3]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(みつ)(げつ) (mitsugetsu

  1. [from 1903] a honeymoon (period of time immediately following a marriage)

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 蜜月”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  4. 4.0 4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 5.0 5.1 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