結婚 — meaning in English
kekkon
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English meaning
- marriage noun The legally or socially recognised union of two people as partners in life.
- married adj Having a husband or wife; joined in marriage.
- marry verb To become someone's husband or wife in a legal or religious ceremony.
- union noun An organized group of workers formed to protect their rights and negotiate with employers.
- wed verb To marry someone, or to conduct a marriage ceremony joining two people.
Senses
結婚 is used for these senses in English:
- are you married Used to ask whether the interlocutor does or doesn't have a spouse.
- marriage The state of being married. [from 14th c.]
- marriage (often, _, specifically) The union of two people of opposite sex, to the exclusion of all others.
- married In a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband.
- marry (intransitive) To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife. [from 14th c.]
- marry (transitive) To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining spouses; to bring about a marital union according to the laws or customs of a place. [from 16th c.]
- marry me the shortest form of marriage proposal
- union (countable) The act or state of marriage.
marriage — full definition
- noun The legally or socially recognised union of two people as partners in life.
- noun A close, harmonious combination of two things.
married — full definition
- adj Having a husband or wife; joined in marriage.
- adj Deeply committed to something, as if bound to it.