蜜月
Chinese
honey | moon; month | ||
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simp. and trad. (蜜月) | 蜜 | 月 |
Pronunciation
Noun
蜜月
- honeymoon
- 度蜜月 ― dù mìyuè ― to go on honeymoon
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
- (Tokyo) みつげつ [mìtsúgétsú] (Heiban – [0])[4][2][5]
- (Tokyo) みつげつ [mìtsúꜜgètsù] (Nakadaka – [2])[4][2][5]
- IPA(key): [mʲit͡sɨᵝɡe̞t͡sɨᵝ]
Noun
蜜月 • (mitsugetsu)
- [from 1903] a honeymoon (period of time immediately following a marriage)
Synonyms
- ハネムーン (hanemūn)
- 新婚旅行 (shinkon ryokō)
Derived terms
- 蜜月旅行 (mitsugetsu ryokō, “honeymoon trip”)
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
- “蜜月”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →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