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婚文 (よばいぶみ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

婚文よばいぶみ

Meanings

1

noun

love letter; marriage proposal letter

archaic

Archaic term for a letter proposing marriage or a romantic advance, used in historical contexts.

古こ文ぶん書しょには、婚よば文いぶみを送おくる風ふう習しゅうが記しるされている。
Ancient documents record the custom of sending a marriage proposal letter.

Kanji

婚marriage
文sentence, literature, style

Similar words

恋こい文ぶみ
恋文 is a more general and still-recognizable term for a love letter, while 婚文 specifically implies a marriage proposal and is archaic.

Etymology

Compound of 婚 (marriage) and 文 (letter, writing). The reading よばいぶみ is an older native Japanese reading; the exact historical derivation is uncertain.