蜜月
Chinese
honey | moon; month | ||
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simp. and trad. (蜜月) |
蜜 | 月 |
Pronunciation
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (蜜月):
- → Japanese: 蜜月 (mitsugetsu)
- → Korean: 밀월(蜜月) (mirwol)
- → Vietnamese: mật nguyệt (蜜月)
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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蜜 | 月 |
みつ Grade: S |
げつ Grade: 1 |
goon | kan’on |
Etymology
Compound of 蜜 (mitsu, “honey”) + 月 (getsu, “moon, month”), calque of English honeymoon.[1][2]
First cited to 1903.[3]
Pronunciation
References
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- “蜜月”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 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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