kuchizuke

a word from vocabulary Japanese by Christopher K. Schmidt  
Word form kuchizuke
Original script 口付け
LWT meaning(s)
Word meaning First attested meaning “manner of speaking”, used as a translational equivalent of English “kiss” from 1880
Analyzability analyzable compound
Gloss kuchi-tsuke-0
Age Middle Japanese [21] (1185–1603)
Lexical stratum wago
Year 1500
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