滅金

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
滅 金
めつ > めっ
Grade: S
きん > き
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alteration of 滅金 (metsukin, “gold-mercury amalgam used in plating”).[1]

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

滅(めっ)金(き) • (mekki) 

  1. plating, gilding
  2. pretense

Verb

滅(めっ)金(き)する • (mekki suru) suru (stem 滅(めっ)金(き)し (mekki shi), past 滅(めっ)金(き)した (mekki shita))

  1. plate
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
滅 金
めつ
Grade: S
きん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

滅 (metsu, “destroy”) +‎ 金 (kin, “gold”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) めつきん [mètsúkíń] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [me̞t͡sɨᵝkʲĩɴ]

Noun

滅(めつ)金(きん) • (metsukin) 

  1. gold-mercury amalgam used in plating

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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