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元服げんぷく

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Inflections of 元服
げんぷく
Meaning
    1. ①
      male coming-of-age-ceremony
    2. ②
      shaving one's eyebrows, blackening one's teeth, and wearing one's hair in the marumage style (of a newly married woman; Edo period)
      See also: 丸髷 (まるまげ)
    1. ①
      EN Genpuku (元服?), a Japanese coming-of-age ceremony modeled after an early Tang Dynasty Chinese custom, dates back to Japan's classical Nara Period (710–794 AD).
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Kanji
元 ゲン beginning, former time, origin 服 フク clothing, admit, obey
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