三下り半

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
くだ
Grade: 1
はん
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Literally "three and a half lines". During the Edo period, a husband could divorce his wife by writing a formalized note consisting of three fixed lines of text.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [mʲikɯ̟da̠ɾʲihã̠ɴ]

Noun

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()(くだ)(はん) (mikudarihan

  1. a letter of divorce given from a husband to a wife
  2. divorce

See also

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