English
genpuku
Genpuku comes from Japanese 元服 ‘genpuku, a coming of age ceremony for a boy’.
- Japanesemodern元服‘genpuku, a coming of age ceremony for a boy’
- Englishtodaygenpuku
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Japanesemodern元服‘genpuku, a coming of age ceremony for a boy’
- Englishtodaygenpuku
Every English word from Japanese 元服
Today it means
noun A Japanese coming-of-age ceremony modelled after an early Tang Dynasty Chinese custom.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese 元服 / genpuku