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婚資 (こんし, konshi) Japanese meaning: bride price | Kotomora

婚こん資し

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Meanings

1

bride price; bride-wealth

Anthropological term for payment from the groom's family to the bride's family upon marriage.

一いち部ぶの文ぶん化かでは、婚こん資しとして家か畜ちくが贈おくられる。
In some cultures, livestock is given as bride price.

Kanji

婚marriage
資assets, resources, capital

Related words

結ゆい納のう
結納 is a traditional Japanese betrothal gift exchange, while 婚資 is a broader anthropological term for bride price.
持じ参さん金きん
持参金 is a dowry brought by the bride, the opposite direction of payment compared to 婚資.

Etymology

Compound of 婚 (marriage) and 資 (resources, assets). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is used in modern Japanese as a translation of the anthropological concept 'bride price'.