滅金

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
めつ > めっ
Grade: S
きん > き
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alteration of 滅金 (metsukin, gold-mercury amalgam used in plating).[1]

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

滅金 (hiragana めっき, katakana メッキ, rōmaji mekki)

  1. plating, gilding
  2. pretense

Verb

滅金する (hiragana めっきする, katakana メッキする, rōmaji mekki suru)

  1. plate
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
めつ
Grade: S
きん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

(metsu, destroy) + (kin, gold)

Pronunciation

Noun

滅金 (hiragana めつきん, rōmaji metsukin)

  1. gold-mercury amalgam used in plating

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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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