よめ

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
嫁
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There are several theories, all of which analyse it as よ (yo) + 女(め) (me, “woman, female”). However, よ (yo) may be one of the following:

  • 呼 (“to call out, invite”, in reference to welcoming the daughter-in-law as the son’s wife)
  • 弱 (“weak”, in reference to the inferior position relative to the mother-in-law)
  • 夜 (“night”, in reference to serving the husband at night)
  • 良 (“good”)
  • 吉 (“good luck”)

Pronunciation

Noun

よめ • (yome) 

  1. bride
    • 1984 February 20 [1982 September 15], Motoka Murakami, “父(と)っちゃより大(おお)きくの巻(まき) [Ah’ll Be Taller than Pa]”, in 六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)の剣(けん) [Musashi’s Sword], 6th edition, volume 8 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 62:
      六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)くん！私(わたくし)たちのこと忘(わす)れないで——‼
      Musashi-kun! Watakushi-tachi no koto wasure nai de——‼
      Musashi-kun! Don’t forget about us——‼
      おやぶーん、いつか帰(かえ)ってこいよ〰‼
      Oyabūn, itsuka kaette koi yo~‼
      Come see us someday, boss〰⁉
      もなみを……六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)くんのお嫁(よめ)さんさしてね〰〰‼
      Monami o…… Musashi-kun no o-yome-san sa shite ne~~‼
      When we grow up…… marry me, okaaay~!?
      (literally, “Make Monami…… Musashi-kun’s bride~!!”)
  2. daughter in law
  3. (archaic, now chiefly Kansai) wife
  4. (Internet slang) waifu or husbando
    Synonym: むこ (muko, “husbando”)
    Coordinate term: むこ (muko, “husbando”)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
読め

Pronunciation

Verb

よめ • (yome) 

  1. imperative of よむ (yomu)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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