noun
straw wedding; second wedding anniversary
Refers specifically to the second year of marriage, following the traditional anniversary naming convention.
今年は藁婚式だから、何か特別なことをしよう。
This year is our straw wedding anniversary, so let's do something special.
General term for wedding anniversary, not specific to a particular year.
Standard kanji spelling for the second wedding anniversary.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; less common but still used.
Compound of 藁 (わら, 'straw') + 婚式 (こんしき, 'wedding ceremony'), following the Western tradition of naming anniversaries after materials.