marriage

結婚生活

結婚した二人の関係や共同生活。

やさしい英語で： The relationship and shared life of two people who are married.

• They have a happy marriage.
• His first marriage ended after five years.
• Can they save their marriage?

使い方： marriage to someone (Her marriage to Ben lasted twenty years.)

類義語： married life

よく使う表現： happy marriage, save a marriage, first marriage, marriage to someone

結婚

法律や社会に認められた配偶者がいる状態。

やさしい英語で： The state of having a legally or socially recognized partner as a husband or wife.

• Marriage gives couples certain legal rights.
• They chose civil marriage instead of a religious ceremony.
• Is marriage important to you?

類義語： matrimony, wedlock

よく使う表現： civil marriage, enter into marriage, marriage certificate, legal marriage

結婚式

二人が結婚するために行う儀式。

やさしい英語で： A ceremony in which two people become married.

• Their marriage took place in a small church.
• We attended the marriage of two old friends.
• The family gathered to celebrate her marriage.

類義語： wedding

よく使う表現： marriage ceremony, marriage of someone, celebrate a marriage

融合、組み合わせ

異なるものがうまく結びつき、一つのまとまりになること。

やさしい英語で： A successful joining of different things to make a whole.

• This dish is a marriage of different flavors.
• The show offers a successful marriage of music and dance.
• Their design achieved a perfect marriage between beauty and comfort.

使い方： marriage of A and B (The building is a marriage of old and new styles.); marriage between A and B (The project creates a marriage between science and art.)

類義語： union, combination, blend

よく使う表現： marriage of something, perfect marriage, successful marriage, close marriage