内ない縁えん関かん係けい

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

de facto marriage; common-law marriage

Refers to a couple living together in a marriage-like relationship without legal registration. Often used in legal or formal contexts.

• 彼かれらは内ない縁えん関かん係けいにあるが、正せい式しきな結けっ婚こんはしていない。

  They are in a common-law marriage, but they haven't formally registered their marriage.

• 内ない縁えん関かん係けいの解かい消しょうには、財ざい産さん分ぶん与よの問もん題だいが生しょうじることがある。

  Dissolving a de facto marriage can sometimes lead to issues of property division.