艶書

Japanese

Kanji in this term
艶	書
えん Grade: S	しょ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
艷書 (kyūjitai)

Kanji in this term
艶	書
えん Grade: S	しょ > じょ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
艷書 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 艶 (en, “love”) +‎ 書 (sho, “letter, document”).

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) えんしょ [éꜜǹshò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2][3]
(Tokyo) えんしょ [èńshó] (Heiban – [0])[1][3]
IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ɰ̃ɕo̞]

On’yomi

IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞]

Noun

艶(えん)書(しょ) or 艶(えん)書(じょ) • (ensho or enjo)

love letter
Synonyms: ラブレター (raburetā), 恋文 (koibumi), 付け文 (tsukebumi), 艶状 (enjō), 艶文 (enbun)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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