engagement - engagement
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〘 noun 〙 A promise of marriage. Especially in the early modern period, it refers to an engagement arrangement made between a man and a woman of a samurai family who were allowed to marry. It is established by the exchange of betrothal gifts. Encirclement. ※ Chinkaishu (1536), Article 165: "The daughter of a man who is in a relationship with another is a single person, and is not a person of the same sex." Source: The Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary About the Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary Information |
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〘名〙 縁組の約束。特に近世、縁組願いが許された武家の男女両家が行なう婚約の取り決めをいう。結納の取り交わしによって成立する。縁辺。※塵芥集（1536）一六五条「えんやくあひさたまる人のむすめ、よこあひにうはひとる事、ひっくゎいのさいくゎにおなし」
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