婚活

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

Etymology

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
  • (Tokyo) こんかつ [kòńkátsú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kõ̞ŋka̠t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

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