婚礼|こんれいkonrei[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounmarriage ceremony; wedding
   イエスも、また弟子でしたちも、その婚礼こんれいに招まねかれた。↗

   And Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.

• Synonym結婚式けっこんしきNeutralThe everyday, most common word for the marriage ceremony; more colloquial than 「婚礼」 and centred on the ceremony itself.
• Synonym婚儀こんぎWrittenWritten term for the wedding ceremony; more solemn than 「婚礼」 and used less often.
• SynonymブライダルNeutralLoanword for the wedding industry and related services, as in 「ブライダル業界」.
• Synonym嫁入りよめいりNeutralA woman's marrying into her husband's family — the event itself, not specifically the ceremony, which is what 「婚礼」 denotes.
• SynonymウェディングNeutralLoanword for a wedding, common in commercial usage like 「ウェディングドレス」; carries a Western-style feel.
• Related華燭の典かしょくのてんFormalFormal set phrase for a wedding, seen mostly in congratulatory messages; written and elegant.
• Related輿入れこしいれNeutralA woman marrying into her husband's family, or the procession escorting the bride; carries an old-fashioned flavour.
• Related祝言しゅうげんNeutralWedding festivities or a celebration, also congratulatory words; dated, now found mostly in period dramas.
• Related婚礼の儀こんれいのぎFormalSolemn formal name for the wedding ceremony, used for imperial and ordinary weddings alike; more stately than 「婚礼」.

「婚礼」 is a somewhat formal, written word for the marriage ceremony, as in 「婚礼を挙げる」. In everyday speech say 「結婚式」; 「ウェディング」 adds a Western, commercial feel, and 「ブライダル」 is for the wedding industry. 「婚儀」 and 「婚礼の儀」 are more solemn, 「華燭の典」 turns up in congratulatory messages, 「祝言」 is dated, and 「嫁入り」 and 「輿入れ」 mean a bride's marrying into the family, not the ceremony.

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1. 結婚けっこんの儀式ぎしき。