写しゃ真しん結けっ婚こん

noun

staged wedding photos; photo-only wedding

Modern practice of having professional wedding photography without an actual ceremony or reception. Often compared to フォトウェディング.

See also: フォトウェディング

• 最さい近きん、式しきを挙あげずに写しゃ真しん結けっ婚こんだけするカップルが増ふえている。

  Recently, more couples are doing only staged wedding photos without holding a ceremony.

noun

picture marriage; marriage arranged after viewing photographs

Historical term for a marriage arranged by exchanging photographs, common among Japanese immigrants in the early 20th century.

• 写しゃ真しん結けっ婚こんは、20世せい紀き初しょ頭とうに日にっ系けい移い民みんの間あいだで広ひろく行おこなわれた。

  Picture marriages were widely practiced among Japanese immigrants in the early 20th century.