Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

genpuku

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gen-puku
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Japanese coming-of-age ceremony modelled after an early Tang Dynasty Chinese custom.

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 元服.

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 元服

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does genpuku mean?: A Japanese coming-of-age ceremony modelled after an early Tang Dynasty Chinese custom.
Where does genpuku come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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