寿ことぶき退たい社しゃ

noun

resigning from a company upon marriage (of a woman)

Colloquial term for a woman leaving her job when she gets married. Traditionally associated with permanent retirement from the workforce, though modern usage may be ironic or refer to a job change.

• 彼かの女じょは寿ことぶき退たい社しゃして、専せん業ぎょう主しゅ婦ふになった。

  She resigned from her company upon marriage and became a full-time housewife.

• 最さい近きんは寿ことぶき退たい社しゃよりも、結けっ婚こん後ごも働はたらき続つづける女じょ性せいが増ふえている。

  These days, more women continue working after marriage rather than quitting their jobs.