ペアリング

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Common word

Meanings

noun

couple's ring; matching rings for a couple

Refers to matching or coordinated rings worn by two people as a couple; it is not the general technical sense of English "pairing."

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from pair ring

記き念ねん日びにペアリングを買かった。
We bought couple's rings for our anniversary.
二人ふたりで同おなじデザインのペアリングを選えらんだ。
The two of them chose matching rings in the same design.

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Usage patterns

〈相あい手て〉とペアリングをするto wear matching rings with someone
彼かの女じょと記き念ねんにペアリングをすることにした。
We decided to get matching rings with my girlfriend to mark the occasion.
ペアリングをはめるto put on a couple's ring
二人ふたりは同おなじデザインのペアリングをはめている。
The two of them are wearing matching couple's rings of the same design.
ペアリングを交こう換かんするto exchange couple's rings
誕たん生じょう日びにペアリングを交こう換かんした。
We exchanged couple's rings for each other's birthdays.

Related words

指ゆび輪わN5
指輪 is the general word for any ring worn on the finger, while ペアリング specifically means matching rings worn by a couple.
カップリング
ペアリング is another loanword used in fandom circles for imagining two characters as a romantic pair, essentially interchangeable with カップリング in this sense.

Don't confuse with

結けっ婚こん指ゆび輪わ
結婚指輪 is a wedding ring that implies marriage, whereas ペアリング can be worn by an unmarried couple simply as matching rings.
婚こん約やく指ゆび輪わ
婚約指輪 is an engagement ring given to mark a proposal, while ペアリング emphasizes the pair being matched, without implying engagement.
ベアリング
ベアリング (a mechanical bearing) and ペアリング (pairing, e.g. matching rings or device pairing) sound almost identical but refer to completely different things.

Counted with

対ついN2
pair; couple; matched set · antithesis; parallel contrast · counter for pairs · counter for sets; counter for matched utensils or furnishings

Word family

ペアリング暗あん号ごう
pairing-based cryptography

Built from

ペア+リング

Written forms

ペアリングUsage100%
Standard katakana spelling for this wasei-English noun meaning matching rings for a couple.
ペア・リング
- ペアリング
  Attested spelling with a middle dot separating ペア and リング; less streamlined than ペアリング.
- ペア・リング

Etymology

Wasei-English from English pair + ring, used in Japanese for matching rings for a couple; "pair ring" is not the usual English expression for this item.