姫始め

Japanese

Kanji in this term
姫 始
ひめ
Grade: S 		はじ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ひめはじめ [hìméháꜜjìmè] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [çime̞ha̠ʑime̞]

Noun

姫(ひめ)始(はじ)め • (himehajime) 

  1. Doing a number of traditional things that commemorate a new year.
  2. (by extension, informal) Having sex for the first time in a new year.

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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