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婚姻 — meaning in English

kon'in

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English meaning

  • marriage noun The legally or socially recognised union of two people as partners in life.
  • union noun An organized group of workers formed to protect their rights and negotiate with employers.

Senses

婚姻 is used for these senses in English:

  • marriage (often, _, specifically) The union of two people of opposite sex, to the exclusion of all others.
  • union (countable) The act or state of marriage.

marriage — full definition

  1. noun The legally or socially recognised union of two people as partners in life.
  2. noun A close, harmonious combination of two things.

union — full definition

  1. noun An organized group of workers formed to protect their rights and negotiate with employers.
  2. noun The act or result of joining two or more things into one.
  3. noun In mathematics, the set containing all elements found in two or more sets.

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