英语词汇“miai”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

miai

释义

‖ miai|ˈmiai|
[Jap., f. mi seeing + ai mutually.]
The first step in a Japanese arranged marriage whereby the prospective partners meet briefly in company with their families to decide if they are mutually acceptable.
1890B. H. Chamberlain Things Japanese 221 The middleman arranges for what is termed the mi-ai, literally, the ‘mutual seeing’—a meeting at which the lovers (if persons unknown to each other may be so styled) are allowed to see, sometimes even to speak to each other.1902L. Hearn Kottō x. 90 To arrange for the miai (‘see-meeting’) tomorrow.1966P. S. Buck People of Japan (1968) v. 62, I have a young friend who was married several months ago, who saw his wife for the first time at the miai seven weeks before the wedding.

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