Meaning

Primary

Marriage

Word Type

noun, verbal noun, の adjective

Explanation

Let's bind this marriage up with a marriage. No better way to make a marriage happen than a marriage, right?

Reading

けっこん
  • 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

結婚についての考え方は、人によってさまざまです。

Thoughts on marriage vary from person to person.

結婚したからって、みんながすぐに子供を作りたい訳じゃないでしょう。

Not everybody wants to have a kid right after they get married, right?

事務所から、結婚のことは隠すように言われてるんです。

My agency tells me that I should keep my marriage hidden.

「シャーク、私がフグと結婚したってどうして分かったの?」 「ただ人づてに聞いただけさ。」

"Shark, how did you know that I got married to Fugu?" "You know. I just heard it through the grapevine."

Kanji Composition