艶書

Japanese

Kanji in this term
艶	書
えん Grade: S	しょ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
艷書 (kyūjitai)

Kanji in this term
艶	書
えん Grade: S	しょ > じょ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
艷書 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 艶 (en, “love”) +‎ 書 (sho, “letter, document”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) えんしょ [éꜜǹshò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1][2][3]
• (Tokyo) えんしょ [èńshó] (Heiban – [0])^[1][3]
• IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ɰ̃ɕo̞]

• IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞]

Noun

艶(えん)書(しょ) or 艶(えん)書(じょ) • (ensho or enjo) 

1. love letter

   Synonyms: ラブレター (raburetā), 恋文 (koibumi), 付け文 (tsukebumi), 艶状 (enjō), 艶文 (enbun)

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN