固かための杯さかずき

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Meanings

noun

sake cup for sealing a bond; nuptial sake cup

A ritual sake cup exchanged to formalize a partnership, commitment, or marriage. Often used in traditional settings.

二人ふたりは固かための杯さかずきを交かわして、夫ふう婦ふの誓ちかいを立たてた。
The two exchanged nuptial sake cups and made their marriage vows.
義ぎ兄きょう弟だいの契ちぎりとして、固かための杯さかずきを酌くみ交かわした。
They drank from the sake cup for sealing a bond as a pledge of brotherhood.

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Kanji

固harden, set, clot
杯counter for cupfuls, wine glass, glass
盃glass, cup

Related words

三さん々さん九く度ど
A specific Shinto wedding ritual involving three sets of three sips from three cups, whereas 固めの杯 is a broader term for any sake cup used to seal a bond.

Built from

固かためる+杯さかずき

Written forms

固かための杯さかずき
Standard kanji spelling; 杯 is the usual character for a sake cup.
固かための盃さかずき
Variant using 盃, a less common but still recognized character for a sake cup.

Etymology

From 固め (katame, 'hardening, strengthening') + の (no, possessive particle) + 杯 (sakazuki, 'sake cup'), literally 'cup of strengthening'. The expression refers to the traditional practice of drinking sake together to solidify a promise or relationship.