蜜月

Chinese

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

Etymology

Calque of English honeymoon

Pronunciation


Noun

蜜月

  1. honeymoon
    蜜月   mìyuè   to go on honeymoon

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蜜月):
  • Japanese: 蜜月(みつげつ) (mitsugetsu)
  • Korean: 밀월(蜜月) (mirwol)
  • Vietnamese: mật nguyệt (蜜月)

Japanese

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

Etymology

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

First cited to 1903.[3]

Pronunciation

Noun

(みつ)(げつ) • (mitsugetsu) 

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • (みつ)(げつ)(りょ)(こう) (mitsugetsu ryokō, honeymoon trip)

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 蜜月”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  4. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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