noun
shotgun marriage
A marriage arranged or hurried because of an unplanned pregnancy. The term is a direct loan from English and carries the same colloquial, slightly informal tone.
彼らはショットガンマリッジだったけど、今では幸せに暮らしている。
They had a shotgun marriage, but now they live happily.
Variant with a middle dot, sometimes used for clarity.
A more colloquial and slightly euphemistic Japanese term for a marriage due to pregnancy, literally 'oops-we-did-it marriage'. ショットガンマリッジ is a direct loanword and feels more like a borrowed concept.
Borrowed from English 'shotgun marriage', referring to a wedding forced or hurried because of pregnancy.