適てき齢れい期き

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Meanings

1

suitable age; marriageable age

Primarily used for the age considered appropriate for marriage, but can also refer to the right age for other life events.

彼かの女じょはもう適てき齢れい期きを過すぎている。
She is already past the marriageable age.
適てき齢れい期きになったら結けっ婚こんしたい。
I want to get married when I reach the right age.

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Usage patterns

適てき齢れい期きを迎むかえるto reach the appropriate/marriageable age
彼かの女じょはもう結けっ婚こんの適てき齢れい期きを迎むかえている。
She has already reached marriageable age.
適てき齢れい期きを過すぎるto pass the appropriate/marriageable age
適てき齢れい期きを過すぎても独どく身しんの人ひとは増ふえている。
The number of unmarried people who have passed marriageable age is increasing.
〈事こと〉の適てき齢れい期きthe right age for (a given life event)
結けっ婚こんの適てき齢れい期きは人ひとによって違ちがう。
The right age for marriage differs from person to person.