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結婚式 (kekkonshiki) Japanese meaning: wedding | Kotomora

結けっ婚こん式しき

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Common word›JLPTN3›Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

wedding; marriage ceremony; nuptials

Refers to the ceremony itself, not necessarily the reception or party afterward. Common collocations include 結婚式を挙げる, 結婚式に出席する, and 結婚式場.

来らい月げつ、京きょう都とで結けっ婚こん式しきを

挙あ

げ

ます

。

We are having our wedding in Kyoto next month.

友ゆう人じんの結けっ婚こん式しきに出しゅっ席せきした。

I attended a friend's wedding.

Usage patterns

結けっ婚こん式しきを挙あげるto hold a wedding ceremony
来らい年ねんの春はるに結けっ婚こん式しきを挙あげる予よ定ていです。
We plan to hold our wedding next spring.
結けっ婚こん式しきに出しゅっ席せきするto attend a wedding
友ゆう人じんの結けっ婚こん式しきに出しゅっ席せきするためにスーツを買かった。
I bought a suit to attend my friend's wedding.
結けっ婚こん式しきに招しょう待たいするto invite someone to a wedding
彼かれを結けっ婚こん式しきに招しょう待たいした。
I invited him to the wedding.
結けっ婚こん式しき場じょうwedding hall; venue for a wedding ceremony
駅えきの近ちかくに新あたらしい結けっ婚こん式しき場じょうができた。
A new wedding hall opened near the station.

Kanji

結tie, bind, contract
婚marriage
式style, ceremony, rite

Related words· 7

披ひ露ろう宴えんN1
披露宴 is the reception or banquet held after the ceremony, while 結婚式 refers to the ceremony itself.
結けっ婚こんN5
結婚 means marriage or getting married in general, whereas 結婚式 specifically denotes the wedding ceremony event.
婚こん礼れい
婚礼 is a more formal or traditional word for a wedding, while 結婚式 is the everyday term used in casual and formal speech alike.
式しきN4
結婚式 is the full, explicit word for a wedding ceremony, while 式 alone can stand in for it once the context of marriage is clear, as in 式を挙げる.

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ウェディング
結婚式 is the standard native Japanese term for a wedding ceremony, while ウェディング is a loanword more common in fashion, event-planning, and compound words like ウェディングドレス.
挙きょ式しき
結婚式 is the everyday word for a wedding ceremony or reception, while 挙式 is a more formal term emphasizing the act of holding the ceremony itself.
ブライダル
結婚式 is the concrete term for the wedding ceremony itself, while ブライダル is a broader, more marketing-oriented word covering the wedding industry and planning process.

Don't confuse with

披ひ露ろう宴えんN1
結婚式 is the wedding ceremony itself, while 披露宴 is the reception banquet held afterward to celebrate and announce the marriage to guests.

Counted with

回かいN4
Used to count the number of times a wedding ceremony (結婚式) takes place, e.g. 1回, 2回.

Word family

人じん前ぜん結けっ婚こん式しき
nonreligious wedding ceremony; civil wedding ceremony
合ごう同どう結けっ婚こん式しき
mass wedding; collective wedding

Built from

結けっ婚こん+式しき

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound: 結婚 means marriage, and 式 means ceremony or formal event. The compound transparently means a marriage ceremony.