三行半

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Japanese

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Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

三(み)行(くだり)半(はん) • (mikudarihan) 

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

See also

References

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