結婚
けっこん
hepburn kekkon
marriage, to marry
Part of speech · noun / suru-verb
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 来年結婚します。I will get married next year.
- 結婚式に招待された。I was invited to the wedding.
Collocations
結婚 (kekkon, marriage)結婚式 (kekkonshiki, wedding)披露宴 (hirouen, reception)婚活 (konkatsu, marriage hunting)少子化 (shoushika, low birthrate)
Mnemonic
Kekkon (結婚) is "marriage" — kanji 結 (tie) plus 婚 (matrimony). Japanese wedding cultural code: (1) kekkonshiki (wedding ceremony) splits into shinzenshiki (Shinto), kyoukai-shiki (Christian style), and hitozenshiki (witness-only); (2) hirouen (reception) at hotels or wedding halls; (3) konkatsu (marriage hunting, 2008 coinage modeled on shuukatsu) names dating-app and matchmaking activity. Trend: late marriage — first-marriage average 31 for men, 30 for women (2022), and lifelong-unmarried rate 28 percent men, 18 percent women at age 50 (2020). Combines with shoushika (declining birthrate, covered in wakai). Korean gyeolhon and Chinese jiehun share the kanji. JLPT N5 plus marriage cultural cluster.
Quick check
Origin era of konkatsu?