懸想文

Japanese

Kanji in this term
懸	想	文
け Grade: S	そう Grade: 3	ふみ > ぶみ Grade: 1
on'yomi		kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 懸想(けそう) (kesō, “falling in love; attachment”) + 文(ふみ) (fumi, “a letter, an epistle”). The fumi changes to bumi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けそーぶみ [kèsóꜜòbùmì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ke̞so̞ːbɯ̟mʲi]

Noun

懸(け)想(そう)文(ぶみ) • (kesōbumi) ^{←けさうぶみ (kesaubumi)?}

1. a love letter

   Synonyms: 恋文 (koibumi), (historical, archaic) 婚文 (yobaibumi), 艶書 (ensho), ラブレター (raburetā), 付け文 (tsukebumi)