menkyo

a word from vocabulary Japanese by Christopher K. Schmidt  
Word form menkyo
Original script 免許
LWT meaning(s)
Word meaning This term refers to a licence of any kind. When referring to a driver’s licence specifically, the official but rarely used term is the official term is untenmenkyoshō “driving permit certificate”.
Analyzability analyzable compound
Gloss men-kyo permit-permit
Age Middle Japanese [21] (1185–1603)
Lexical stratum kango
Year 1197
Comparison with Mandarin semantic change
Register General
Numeric frequency 59.6