三下り半

Japanese

Kanji in this term
三 下 半
み
Grade: 1 		くだ
Grade: 1 		はん
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Literally "three and a half lines". During the Edo period, a husband could divorce his wife by writing a formalized note consisting of three fixed lines of text.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mʲikɯ̟da̠ɾʲihã̠ɴ]

Noun

三(み)下(くだ)り半(はん) • (mikudarihan) 

  1. a letter of divorce given from a husband to a wife
  2. divorce

See also

  • 離婚 (rikon)
  • 離婚状 (rikonjō)
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