許婚

許婚

1. (of a female) to accept the marriage proposal by a male

*/ipinaduke/ → /ifinad͡zuke/ → /iːnazuke/

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of classical verb 言い名付く (iinazuku), modern 言い名付ける (iinazukeru, “to betroth someone, to engage someone to be married, to take someone as a fiancé / fiancée”, literally “to name someone out loud”).^[1][2][3][4]

The kanji compound is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 許婚 / 许婚 (xǔhūn).

• (Tokyo) いいなずけ (Heiban – )^[2][4]
• IPA^(key):

許婚(いいなずけ) • (iinazuke) ^{←いひなづけ (ifinaduke)?}

1. (historical) an arranged engagement, wherein both sets of parents promise that their children shall wed; generally arranged while the children are still young
2. (rare) a fiancée (female) or fiancé (male)

   Synonyms: 婚約者 (kon'yakusha), (much more common) フィアンセ (fianse)

許婚(いいなずけ)する • (iinazuke suru) ^{←いひなづけ (ifinaduke)?}suru (stem 許婚(いいなずけ)し (iinazuke shi), past 許婚(いいなずけ)した (iinazuke shita))

1. (historical) to arrange an engagement, whereby both sets of parents promise that their children shall wed; generally arranged while the children are still young

From Middle Chinese 許婚 (MC xjoX xwon, “permitted; betrothed + bride; to get married (said of a woman)”).

• (Tokyo) きょこん (Heiban – )^[2][4]
• IPA^(key):

許(きょ)婚(こん) • (kyokon) 

1. (rare) an engagement (to get married)

   Synonym: (much more common) 婚約 (kon'yaku)

2. (rare) a fiancée (female) or fiancé (male)

   Synonyms: 婚約者 (kon'yakusha), (much more common) フィアンセ (fianse)

• 許(きょ)婚(こん)者(しゃ) (kyokonsha) (rare)

許(きょ)婚(こん)する • (kyokon suru) suru (stem 許(きょ)婚(こん)し (kyokon shi), past 許(きょ)婚(こん)した (kyokon shita))

1. (rare) to get engaged (to get married)

   Synonym: (much more common) 婚約 (kon'yaku)

許婚 • (heohon) (hangeul 허혼)

1. hanja form^? of 허혼 (“consent to marriage”)

許婚

1. chữ Hán form of hứa hôn (“to engage, to betroth”).