結婚指輪

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
結 婚 指 輪
けつ > けっ
Grade: 4 		こん
Grade: S 		ゆび
Grade: 3 		わ
Grade: 4
kan’on on’yomi kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 結婚 (kekkon, “marriage”) +‎ 指輪 (yubiwa, “(finger) ring”).

First cited to 1948. Wedding rings were not part of Japanese tradition prior to closer contact with European-based cultures, with the practice and the term only becoming more common with greater US cultural influence during the post-war period.

Pronunciation

Noun

結(けっ)婚(こん)指(ゆび)輪(わ) • (kekkon yubiwa) 

  1. a wedding ring

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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