夫ふう婦ふ約やく束そく

noun

engagement; betrothal; marriage contract

A somewhat formal or traditional term for a promise to marry, often implying a binding agreement between families.

• 両りょう家けの間あいだで夫ふう婦ふ約やく束そくが交かわされた。

  A marriage contract was exchanged between the two families.

• 彼かれらは夫ふう婦ふ約やく束そくを結むすび、来らい春しゅん結けっ婚こんすることになった。

  They entered into an engagement and decided to marry next spring.