選せん択たく的てき夫ふう婦ふ別べっ姓せい

noun

optional separate surnames for married couples

Refers to a proposed or debated legal system in Japan that would allow married couples to choose whether to have the same surname or keep their own. Often discussed in the context of family law reform.

• 選せん択たく的てき夫ふう婦ふ別べっ姓せいの導どう入にゅうについて、国こっ会かいで議ぎ論ろんが続つづいている。

  Debate continues in the Diet about introducing optional separate surnames for married couples.

• 選せん択たく的てき夫ふう婦ふ別べっ姓せいに賛さん成せいする人ひとは増ふえている。

  The number of people in favor of optional separate surnames for married couples is increasing.