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既婚者 (きこんしゃ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

既き婚こん者しゃ

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Meanings

1

married person

Neutral term for a person who is married. Often used in contrast with 未婚者 (unmarried person).

彼かれは既き婚こん者しゃですが、子こ供どもはいません。
He is a married person, but he has no children.

このイベントは既き婚こん者しゃ限げん定ていです。

This event is limited to married people.

Usage patterns

既き婚こん者しゃであることを隠かくすto hide the fact that one is married
彼かれは既き婚こん者しゃであることを隠かくして交こう際さいしていた。
He was dating her while hiding the fact that he was married.
既き婚こん者しゃと付つき合あうto date a married person
既き婚こん者しゃと付つき合あっていると知しって驚おどろいた。
I was shocked to learn that she was dating a married person.
既き婚こん者しゃ向むけの〈物もの〉〈product/service〉 aimed at married people
このサービスは既き婚こん者しゃ向むけの相そう談だん窓まど口ぐちだ。
This service is a consultation hotline aimed at married people.

Kanji

既previously, already, long ago
婚marriage
者someone, person

Related words

人ひと妻づま
既婚者 is a formal, gender-neutral term for any married person, while 人妻 specifically means a married woman and often implies she belongs to another man.

Opposites

未み婚こん者しゃN2
既婚者 refers to a married person, while 未婚者 refers to an unmarried person; the two are direct opposites.
独どく身しんN4
既婚者 is the formal term for a married person, whereas 独身 is the everyday word meaning 'single' or 'unmarried', its practical opposite.
独どく身しん者しゃN2
既婚者 refers to a married person, the direct opposite of 独身者, an unmarried person.

Don't confuse with

既き婚こんN2
既婚者 is the noun for 'a married person', while 既婚 is the status/modifier word meaning 'married' (as in 既婚男性 'married man') and cannot stand alone as 'person'.

Built from

既き婚こん+者しゃ

Etymology

Compound of 既婚 (kikon, 'already married') + 者 (sha, 'person').