► 動詞
結婚 [けっこん] [結婚する] meaning: marry rank: 1
☆ 彼は長年の恋人と結婚した ⇨ He married his long-time sweetheart
☆ 彼等は先月結婚した ⇨ They got married last month
再婚 [さいこん] [再婚する] meaning: marry rank: 3
☆ 彼は離婚して三ヶ月で再婚した ⇨ He married again 3 months after a divorce (☛ Re-marry)
添い遂げる [(4)そいとげる] [liter] meaning: marry rank: 4
☆ 彼女は夫に一生添い遂げた ⇨ She stay married to her husband all her life (☛ Support one’s spouse through thick and thin)
嫁ぐ [(2)とつぐ] meaning: marry rank: 4
☆ 彼女は金持ちの家に嫁いだ ⇨ She married into a rich family (☛ For a woman to marry and live with the man’s parents (in old days))
娶る [(2)めとる] [arch] meaning: marry rank: 4
☆ 彼は彼女を妻に娶った ⇨ He took her as a wife, married her (☛ A man to have a woman as a wife)
► 名詞
結婚 [けっこん] meaning: marry rank: 1
☆ 彼等の結婚は崩壊した ⇨ Their marriage collapsed
見合い [みあい] meaning: marry rank: 2
☆ 彼等はお見合いで結婚した ⇨ They got married after meeting other through a matchmaker (☛ A meeting arranged by a matchmaker)
未婚 [みこん] meaning: marry rank: 2
☆ 彼女は未婚だ ⇨ She is not married yet
既婚 [きこん] meaning: marry rank: 3
☆ 彼女は既婚だ ⇨ She is married
再婚 [さいこん] meaning: marry rank: 3
☆ 私達は再婚夫婦です ⇨ This is the second (or more) marriage for both of us (☛ Re-marry)
初婚 [しょこん] meaning: marry rank: 3
☆ 私達はどちらも初婚です ⇨ Both of us married for the first time. This is the first marriage for both of us
新婚 [しんこん] meaning: marry rank: 3
☆ 彼等は新婚旅行でヨーロッパに行った ⇨ They went to Europe for their honeymoon
☆ 新婚夫婦 ⇨ A newly-wed couple
一夫多妻 [いっぷたさい] meaning: marry rank: 4
☆ 一夫多妻制は多くの社会で見られたが、一妻多夫制は非常に稀だ (いっぷたさいせい いっさいたふせい) ⇨ Polygyny has been observed in many societies, but polyandry is extremely rare (☛ Literally “one husband many wives”. The opposite is 一妻多夫)
婚姻 [こんいん] [婚姻する] [liter] meaning: marry rank: 4
☆ 正式に婚姻した証明書 ⇨ The certificate that ones officially married (☛ A legal term)
重婚 [じゅうこん] [重婚する] meaning: marry rank: 4
☆ 彼は複数の女性と重婚していた ⇨ He was committing polygamy with multiple women
できちゃった結婚 [(7)できちゃったけっこん] [coll] meaning: marry rank: 4
☆ 彼等はできちゃった結婚した ⇨ They got married because she got pregnant (☛ “子供ができちゃった=a baby was made, conceived”)
内縁 [ないえん] meaning: marry rank: 4
☆ 内縁の妻 ⇨ An unofficial, de-facto, wife
► 形容動詞
年頃 [としごろ] meaning: marry rank: 3
☆ 年頃の娘 ⇨ A young woman ready for marriage (☛ A somewhat outdated expression since typical marriage ages have changed over the years)