嫁入り・嫁入・娵入り|よめいりyomeiri[0]heiban (flat)
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Which spelling to use
嫁入り嫁入り（よめいり） is the most common written form and the recommended choice for beginners; it combines kanji with kana.
嫁入嫁入 is less common than 嫁入り and is written entirely in kanji; recognize it as a variant, but do not choose it as a beginner.
娵入り娵入り is the least common of the three written forms and combines a different kanji with kana; beginners should use 嫁入り instead.
Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbmarriage; wedding
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 嫁入りする（よめいりする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 嫁入りします（よめいりします） |
| Negative (nai) | 嫁入りしない（よめいりしない） |
| polite (masen) | 嫁入りしません（よめいりしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 嫁入りせず・嫁入りせぬ（よめいりせず・よめいりせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 嫁入りした（よめいりした） |
| polite (mashita) | 嫁入りしました（よめいりしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 嫁入りしなかった（よめいりしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 嫁入りしませんでした（よめいりしませんでした） |
| Te form | 嫁入りして（よめいりして） |
| Potential | 嫁入りできる（よめいりできる） |
| Passive | 嫁入りされる（よめいりされる） |
| Causative | 嫁入りさせる（よめいりさせる） |
| Causative passive | 嫁入りさせられる（よめいりさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 嫁入りすれば（よめいりすれば） |
| tara | 嫁入りしたら（よめいりしたら） |
| Volitional | 嫁入りしよう（よめいりしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 嫁入りしましょう（よめいりしましょう） |
| Imperative | 嫁入りしろ（よめいりしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym婚儀こんぎFormalFormal written word for the wedding ceremony itself; 「嫁入り」 focuses on the woman marrying into her husband's family.
- Synonym婚礼こんれいWrittenWritten word for the wedding ceremony, as in 「婚礼衣装」; does not stress the direction of the woman joining the husband's family.
- Synonym成婚せいこんWrittenWritten word for a marriage being concluded, as the imperial 「ご成婚」; no bride/groom distinction and no stress on joining the husband's family.
- Synonym輿入れこしいれWrittenA woman marrying into her husband's family or the bridal procession; more archaic and grand than 「嫁入り」, seen mainly in historical accounts.
- Synonym祝言しゅうげんWrittenOld-fashioned term for a wedding, as in 「祝言を挙げる」, also festivities in general; leans toward the traditional ceremony.
- Synonym祝い言いわいごとWrittenMainly words of congratulation or blessing, but can also mean a wedding or other celebration; centers on speech, rare in modern use.
- Related縁組えんぐみWrittenForming a marital or adoptive relationship, mostly in 「養子縁組」; not limited to a woman marrying out.
- Related結婚けっこんNeutralThe most general word for marrying; no distinction of who moves to whose family, while 「嫁入り」 carries the traditional nuance of the wife joining the husband's household.
- Related結婚式けっこんしきNeutralThe most common word for the wedding ceremony; refers only to the ceremony itself, not the woman joining the husband's family.
- Related婚姻こんいんFormalFormal, legal term for marriage as a relationship, as in 「婚姻届」; carries no nuance of marrying into the husband's family.
- RelatedブライダルNeutralLoanword for weddings and bridal-related matters, common in industry advertising, as in 「ブライダルフェア」.
- Related既婚きこんWrittenThe state of already being married, used as status information in 「既婚者」; not the act of marrying out.
- Related妻帯さいたいWrittenA man taking a wife, or having one; it looks at marriage from the husband's side, the reverse of the woman's viewpoint in 「嫁入り」.
- Related縁結びえんむすびNeutralForming a marriage tie, or a fated connection, as in 「縁結びの神」; about destiny rather than the act of marrying out.
- RelatedウェディングNeutralLoanword for weddings in general, mostly in compounds like 「ウェディングドレス」; fashionable, commercial contexts.
- Related縁定めえんさだめWrittenA promise between two people to marry, i.e. an engagement made before the wedding; rare — say 「婚約」 in daily use.
- Related華燭の典かしょくのてんFormalAn elegant name for a wedding, used in congratulatory addresses and other formal settings; not said in everyday speech.
- RelatedマリッジNeutralLoanword for marriage, mostly in compounds like 「マリッジリング」; seldom used on its own.
- Related縁付きえんづきWrittenA woman marrying into her husband's family, close in meaning to 「嫁入り」, but old-fashioned and rarely used today.
- Related婚礼の儀こんれいのぎFormalFormal term for the wedding ceremony with a solemn, ceremonial air; does not stress the woman joining the husband's family.
- Antonym婿入りむこいりNeutralA man entering his wife's family after marriage, i.e. marrying into her household; the opposite of 「嫁入り」, where the woman joins the man's family.
- Antonym嫁取りよめとりNeutralThe groom's side taking a bride into the family; seen from the taker, opposite in viewpoint to 「嫁入り」 from the bride's side.
For marrying in general, use 「結婚」; for the ceremony, 「結婚式」. 「嫁入り」 itself is the traditional term for a woman marrying into her husband's family, as in 「嫁入り道具」. For a man joining his wife's family, say 「婿入り」. The other words here are formal, written, or loanword variants for weddings and marriage.
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