Appendix:Gikun Usage in Meiji Version of Japanese Bible/新婦

Japanese

Kanji in this term
新	婦
Grade: 2	Grade: 5
jukujikun

Etymology

From 花嫁 (hanayome, literally “flower bride”), applying the 義訓 (gikun, “meaning”) reading to Chinese-derived 新婦 (shinpu, “bride”, literally “new woman”).

Noun

新婦(はなよめ) • (hanayome) 

1. a bride