接吻 seppun Kiss

接吻 is a kiss. It can also be a verb, to kiss. Japanese also has キス (kisu), a word taken from English.

The Japanese word 接吻 meaning "Kiss" is composed of the kanji 接 (read setsu) meaning "touching" and 吻 (read fun) meaning "lips". Together they are read seppun, because the sounds change where the characters meet: 接 setsu shortens to a doubled p before 吻 and 吻 fun becomes pun.

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