三下り半
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 三 | 下 | 半 |
| み Grade: 1 |
くだ Grade: 1 |
はん Grade: 2 |
| kun’yomi | ||
Alternative forms
Etymology
Literally "three and a half lines". During the Edo period, a husband could divorce his wife by writing a formalized note consisting of three fixed lines of text.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mikudarihan/
Noun
三下り半 (hiragana みくだりはん, rōmaji mikudarihan)
- a letter of divorce given from a husband to a wife
- divorce
See also
- 離婚 (rikon)
- 離婚状 (rikonjō)
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