繁文縟礼

Japanese

Kanji in this term
繁 文 縟 礼
はん
Grade: S 		ぶん
Grade: 1 		じょく
Hyōgai 		れい
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
繁文縟禮 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

繁文(はんぶん) (hanbun) + 縟礼(じょくれい) (jokurei).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) はんぶんじょくれー [hàńbúń jókúréé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [hã̠mbɯ̟ɲ̟ d͡ʑo̞kɯ̟ɾe̞ː]

Noun

繁(はん)文(ぶん)縟(じょく)礼(れい) • (hanbun jokurei) 

  1. trivial and overelaborate formalities; red tape

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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