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A4 Noun

破瓜(はか)age 16 (girl), age 64 (man), puberty, deflowering

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    1. Noun

      1. 1.

        age 16 (of a girl), pubescence, puberty

      2. 2.

        age 64 (of a man)

      3. 3.

        breaking of the hymen (during sex), female defloration, deflowering

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    破瓜 【はか】

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    • (むかし)16(じゅうろく)(さい)女性(じょせい)を「破瓜(はか)」と()ったらしい。

      Long ago, 16-year-old girls were referred to with the term 'deflowering'.

    • 江戸(えど)時代(じだい)(はは):「(むすめ)ももう破瓜(はか)(とし)じゃのう。」

      My daughter is age 16 and is now attending high school.

    • (むかし)男性(だんせい)64(ろくじゅうよん)(さい)のことを言葉(ことば)(あそ)びで「破瓜(はか)」と()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(せいこう)によって処女(しょじょ)(まく)(やぶ)れることを破瓜(はか)というのだとか。

      It is said that the breaking of the hymen through intercourse is called deflowering.

      • 月経(げっけい)(はじ)まる年頃(としごろ)女性(じょせい)思春(ししゅん)()破瓜期(はかき)()(ひと)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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