蜜月
Chinese edit
honey | moon; month | ||
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simp. and trad. (蜜月) |
蜜 | 月 |
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
蜜月
Descendants edit
Sino-Xenic (蜜月):
- → Japanese: 蜜月 (mitsugetsu)
- → Korean: 밀월(蜜月) (mirwol)
- → Vietnamese: mật nguyệt (蜜月)
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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蜜 | 月 |
みつ Grade: S |
げつ Grade: 1 |
goon | kan’on |
Etymology edit
Compound of 蜜 (mitsu, “honey”) + 月 (getsu, “moon, month”), calque of English honeymoon.[1][2]
First cited to 1903.[3]
Pronunciation edit
- (Tokyo) みつげつ [mìtsúgétsú] (Heiban – [0])[4][2][5]
- (Tokyo) みつげつ [mìtsúꜜgètsù] (Nakadaka – [2])[4][2][5]
- IPA(key): [mʲit͡sɨᵝɡe̞t͡sɨᵝ]
Noun edit
蜜月 • (mitsugetsu)
- [from 1903] a honeymoon (period of time immediately following a marriage)
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ “蜜月”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN