婚文

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
婚 文
よば(い)
Grade: S 		ふみ > ぶみ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 夜這い (yobai, “courtship; marriage proposal”) +‎ 文 (fumi, “a letter, an epistle”).[1][2][3][4] The fumi changes to bumi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

First cited to the Utsubo Monogatari of the late 900s.[1][2]

Appears to be falling out of use, as no pitch-accent information is included for this term in various Japanese dictionaries.[1][4][5][6]

Pronunciation

Noun

婚(よばい)文(ぶみ) • (yobaibumi) ←よばひぶみ (yobafibumi)?

  1. (historical, archaic) a letter proposing marriage, a written marriage proposal
  2. (historical, archaic) a love letter
    Synonyms: 恋文 (koibumi), 懸想文 (kesōbumi), 艶書 (ensho)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “よばい‐ぶみ［よばひ‥］ 【婚文】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  3. ^ “婚ひ文”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ 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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