結婚指輪

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”).[1][2][3]

First cited to 1948.[1] 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
  • (Tokyo) けっこんゆ​びわ [kèkkóń yúꜜbìwà] (Nakadaka – [5])[3]
  • IPA(key): [ke̞k̚kõ̞ɰ̃ jɯ̟ᵝbʲiɰᵝa̠]

Noun

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

  1. [1948] a wedding ring

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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