婚活

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
婚 活
こん
Grade: S 		かつ
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology[edit]

Short for 結婚(けっこん)活動(かつどう) (kekkon katsudō, “marriage + activity”). Coined by Japanese sociologist Masahiro Yamada in 2007.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

婚(こん)活(かつ) • (konkatsu) ←こんくわつ (konkwatu)?

  1. (neologism) marriage-hunting (in a way similar to job hunting); matchmaking activity

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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