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genpuku

genpuku noun: a Japanese coming-of-age ceremony modelled after an early Tang Dynasty Chinese custom.

Noun

genpuku (uncountable)

  1. A Japanese coming-of-age ceremony modelled after an early Tang Dynasty Chinese custom.

Origin of genpuku

Borrowed from Japanese 元服.

Questions about genpuku

What does genpuku mean?
Genpuku means a Japanese coming-of-age ceremony modelled after an early Tang Dynasty Chinese custom.
What part of speech is genpuku?
Genpuku is a noun.

Words near genpuku in the dictionary

  1. Genovese sauce
  2. Genovese syndrome
  3. genovino
  4. genovinos
  5. genpop
  6. genpuku
  7. genre
  8. genre fiction
  9. genre fictions
  10. genre film
  11. genre films

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