離り婚こん

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

離婚する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Refers to the legal dissolution of a marriage. Used as both a noun and a suru-verb (intransitive).

〈人ひと〉と離り婚こんするto divorce someone
彼かの女じょは5年ねん間かん結けっ婚こんしていた夫おっとと離り婚こんした。
She divorced the husband she had been married to for five years.
離り婚こんを決きめるto decide to get divorced
話はなし合あいの末すえ、二人ふたりは離り婚こんを決きめた。
After much discussion, the two of them decided to divorce.
離り婚こんを切きり出だすto bring up the topic of divorce
夫おっとは突とつ然ぜん、離り婚こんを切きり出だした。
My husband suddenly brought up the subject of divorce.
離婚届りこんとどけを出だすto file divorce papers
二人ふたりは市し役やく所しょに離り婚こん届とどけを出だした。
The couple submitted their divorce papers at the city office.

離り縁えん
離縁 is an older, more formal word for ending a marriage (or adoption), while 離婚 is the standard modern legal term for divorce.
別わかれるN4
離婚する is the formal, legal term for divorce, while 別れる is the everyday word covering any romantic breakup.
去さるN3
離婚する is the standard modern verb for divorcing, while 去る used this way is archaic and literary.
別わかれN3
離婚 specifically means legal divorce, while 別れ can refer to any parting or the end of a relationship, married or not.

結けっ婚こんN5
結婚 means 'to marry' or 'marriage', the direct opposite of 離婚, which means 'divorce'.
婚こん姻いん
離婚 means 'divorce', the legal dissolution of a marriage, the direct opposite of 婚姻 (marriage).

別べっ居きょN1
別居 means living apart while still legally married, whereas 離婚 is the actual legal dissolution of the marriage.
再さい婚こんN1
離婚 means divorce (ending a marriage), whereas 再婚 means remarrying after a previous marriage has ended; learners sometimes mix them up because both share the kanji 婚.

回かいN4
離婚 is counted with 回 when referring to the number of times a person has divorced, as in 2回離婚した.

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離り婚こんUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency word in news and daily life.
リコンUsage<1%

Compound of 離 (ri, 'separate') and 婚 (kon, 'marriage'). The kanji combination directly conveys the meaning of dissolving a marriage.