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): [ke̞k̚ko̞ɰ̃ jɯ̟bʲiβ̞a̠]

Noun

結(けっ)婚(こん)指(ゆび)輪(わ) • (kekkon yubiwa)

[1948] a wedding ring

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJS-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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