蜜月
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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蜜 | 月 |
みつ Grade: S |
げつ Grade: 1 |
on’yomi |
Etymology
Compound of 蜜 (mitsu, “honey”) + 月 (getsu, “moon, month”), calque of English honeymoon.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
蜜月 (hiragana みつげつ, rōmaji mitsugetsu)
- a honeymoon (period of time immediately following a marriage)
Synonyms
- ハネムーン (hanemūn)
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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