三行半
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 三 | 行 | 半 |
| み Grade: 1 |
くだり Grade: 2 |
はん Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi | on'yomi | |
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]三行半 • (mikudarihan)
- a letter of divorce given from a husband to a wife
- divorce
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 三 read as み
- Japanese terms spelled with 行 read as くだり
- Japanese terms spelled with 半 read as はん
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 3 kanji