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金婚式 (きんこんしき, kinkonshiki) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

金きん婚こん式しき

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Meanings

1

golden wedding anniversary; 50th wedding anniversary

Refers specifically to the celebration or ceremony marking 50 years of marriage.

両りょう親しんの金きん婚こん式しきに家か族ぞくが集あつまった。

The family gathered for my parents' golden wedding anniversary.

Kanji

金gold
婚marriage
式style, ceremony, rite

Related words

銀ぎん婚こん式しき
銀婚式 is the 25th wedding anniversary, while 金婚式 is the 50th.

Built from

金きん+婚こん式しき

Etymology

Compound of 金 (kin, 'gold') + 婚 (kon, 'marriage') + 式 (shiki, 'ceremony'). The term follows the Western tradition of naming wedding anniversaries after precious materials.