鍍金

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See also: 镀金

Chinese

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‑plated; to plate metal; gold; money
trad. (鍍金)
simp. (镀金)
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Pronunciation

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Verb

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鍍金

  1. to gild; to gold plate
  2. (figurative) to attach a golden facade, especially to go overseas to study to polish one's qualifications (despite lacking the actual abilities)

Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
めっき
Hyōgai Grade: 1
jukujikun

Alteration of 滅金 (metsukin, gold-mercury amalgam used in plating).[1]

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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鍍金(めっき) or 鍍金(メッキ) (mekki

  1. plating, gilding
  2. pretense

Verb

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鍍金(めっき)する or 鍍金(メッキ)する (mekki surusuru (stem 鍍金(めっき) (mekki shi), past 鍍金(めっき)した (mekki shita))

  1. plate
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term

Hyōgai
きん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Middle Chinese 鍍金

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(きん) (tokin

  1. plating, gilding

Verb

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()(きん)する (tokin surusuru (stem ()(きん) (tokin shi), past ()(きん)した (tokin shita))

  1. plate
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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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鍍金 (dogeum) (hangeul 도금)

  1. hanja form? of 도금 (plating, gilding)