Vocab Info
A4 Noun
破瓜age 16 (girl), age 64 (man), puberty, deflowering
Dictionary Definition
Noun
1.
age 16 (of a girl), pubescence, puberty
2.
age 64 (of a man)
3.
breaking of the hymen (during sex), female defloration, deflowering
All Forms
破瓜 【はか】
Details
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Examples
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昔、16歳の女性を「破瓜」と言ったらしい。
Long ago, 16-year-old girls were referred to with the term 'deflowering'.
江戸時代の母:「娘ももう破瓜の年じゃのう。」
My daughter is age 16 and is now attending high school.
昔、男性の64歳のことを言葉遊びで「破瓜」と呼んだらしい。
They say that long ago, men of age 64 were referred to with the word for 'deflowering' as a sort of wordplay.
性交によって処女膜が破れることを破瓜というのだとか。
It is said that the breaking of the hymen through intercourse is called deflowering.
月経が始まる年頃や女性の思春期を破瓜期と呼ぶ人もいるそうです。
Some people refer to the age when menstruation begins or a woman's puberty as the period of puberty.
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