蜜月

Chinese

		honey	moon; month
simp. and trad. (蜜月)		蜜	月

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 蜜月

1. honeymoon

   度蜜月  ―  dù mìyuè  ―  to go on honeymoon

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蜜月):

• → Japanese: 蜜月(みつげつ) (mitsugetsu)
• → Korean: 밀월(蜜月) (mirwol)
• → Vietnamese: mật nguyệt (蜜月)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
蜜	月
みつ Grade: S	げつ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 蜜 (mitsu, “honey”) +‎ 月 (getsu, “moon, month”), calque of English honeymoon.

Noun

蜜(みつ)月(げつ) • (mitsugetsu) 

1. a honeymoon (period of time immediately following a marriage)

Synonyms

• ハネムーン (hanemūn)
• 新婚旅行(しんこんりょこう) (shinkon ryokō)

Derived terms

• 蜜(みつ)月(げつ)旅(りょ)行(こう) (mitsugetsu ryokō, “honeymoon trip”)