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結婚活動 (kekkonkatsudou) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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Recently, my friend started marriage hunting.
She started searching for a marriage partner.
Kanji 活 lively, resuscitation, being helped Related words お 見み 合あ い お見合い is a formal arranged meeting between potential partners, often set up by a matchmaker, while 結婚活動 is a broader, self-driven search for a spouse.
恋こい 人びと 探さが し 恋人探し is looking for a romantic partner without necessarily aiming for marriage, whereas 結婚活動 explicitly targets marriage.
Written forms 結けっ 婚こん 活かつ 動どう
Standard kanji spelling; often abbreviated to 婚活 in modern usage.
婚こん 活かつ
Common abbreviation; widely used in media and everyday conversation.
Etymology Compound of 結婚 (marriage) and 活動 (activity). The abbreviation 婚活 was coined in the late 2000s, modeled after 就活 (job hunting).
