元服

元服

Japanese

Kanji in this term
元	服
げん Grade: 2	ふく > ぷく Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

元(げん)服(ぷく) • (genpuku) 

1. (obsolete) genpuku, a coming of age ceremony for a boy
2. (obsolete) A ritual in which a married woman dyes her teeth, ties her hair into a mage, and shaves her eyebrows.

See Also

1. 成人式 (せいじんしき)