Meaning

Primary

Marriage Proposal

Word Type

noun, verbal noun

Explanation

When you request marriage with someone else, you are doing a marriage proposal. Will you marry me, Brad Pitt?

Reading

きゅうこん
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.

Context

Context Sentences

近いうちに求婚しようと思うんだ。

I'm thinking of proposing soon.

私はワニカニで漢字の勉強ばかりしている漢字オタクですが、実は会社の後輩から毎日求婚されています。

I'm a Kanji nerd who spends my time studying Kanji on WaniKani, but I'm also receiving daily marriage proposals from a junior at work.

19世紀のポーランドでは、持参金のない女性にはどんなに美しく教養があっても求婚対象から外されることがありました。

In 19th-century Poland, women without a dowry were sometimes excluded from marriage proposals, no matter how beautiful and educated they were.

ホタルは、どの求婚者にも、結婚の条件として無理難題を突き付けた。

Hotaru sets impossible tasks for any man who wants to marry her.

Kanji Composition