蜜月

Chinese

honey moon; month
simp. and trad.
(蜜月)

Pronunciation


Noun

蜜月

  1. honeymoon
    蜜月   mìyuè   to go on honeymoon

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蜜月):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
みつ
Grade: S
げつ
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of (mitsu, honey) + (getsu, moon, month), calque of English honeymoon.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

蜜月 (hiragana みつげつ, rōmaji mitsugetsu)

  1. a honeymoon (period of time immediately following a marriage)

Synonyms

Derived terms

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. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 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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