蜜月

Chinese

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Etymology

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Pronunciation


Noun

蜜月

  1. honeymoon
    蜜月   mìyuè   to go on honeymoon

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蜜月):
  • Japanese: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Korean: 밀월(蜜月) (mirwol)
  • Vietnamese: mật nguyệt (Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value))

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. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), 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. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 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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