和洋折衷

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
和	洋	折	衷
わ Grade: 3	よう Grade: 3	せつ > せっ Grade: 4	ちゅう Grade: S
goon		kan'on

和洋折衷 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

Yojijukugo (四字熟語), from 和洋 (wayō, “Japan and the West”) +‎ 折衷 (setchū, “compromise”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) わよーせっちゅう (Heiban – )^[1]
(Tokyo) わよーせっちゅう (Atamadaka – )^[1]
(Tokyo) わよーせっちゅう (Nakadaka – )^[1]
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Noun

和(わ)洋(よう)折(せっ)衷(ちゅう) • (wayō setchū) ^{←わやうせつちゆう (wayau setutyuu)^?}

a blend of Japanese and Western elements
- 1997 December 20 [1997 October 15], Tokihiko Matsuura, “第(だい)１(いち)話(わ)　初(はつ)恋(こい) [Chapter 1: First Love]”, in タキシード銀 [Tuxedo Gin], 2nd edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 34:
  
  ——しかし、坊(ぼう)主(ず)の格(かっ)好(こう)に天(てん)使(し)の輪(わ)と羽(はね)——和(わ)洋(よう)折(せっ)衷(ちゅう)か？無(む)節(せっ)操(そう)な…
  ——Shikashi, bōzu no kakkō ni tenshi no wa to hane—— wayō setchū ka? Musessō na…
  —One thing tho, are you tryna get to a harmony of Japanese and Western styles—with the angel’s halo and wings on a Buddhist monk’s look? More like a clash…
  し…失(しつ)礼(れい)な‼
  Shi… Shitsurei na‼
  Y… You insolent jerk!!

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References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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