既婚|きこんkikon[0]heiban (flat)

1. no-adjectivemarried
   既婚きこん女性じょせいが家いえや夫おっとや子供こどもたちの面倒めんどうを見みることがどんなことか、彼女かのじょは知しっていた。↗

   She knew what it was like for married women to look after houses, husbands and children.

• Related結婚けっこんNeutralRefers to the act of marrying or to marriage itself; 「既婚」 only describes the current state of being married, and is mostly seen on forms and in statistics.
• Related婚姻こんいんWrittenWritten, legal term for marriage as a relationship or institution; 「既婚」 is an attribute word for personal status, as in 「既婚者」.
• Related成婚せいこんWrittenWritten word for a marriage being concluded, often for royal weddings or matchmaking; 「既婚」 describes the state of being in a marriage.
• Antonym未婚みこんNeutralDirect antonym of 「既婚」, meaning not yet married; common on forms, in statistics and in formal contexts.
• Antonym独身どくしんNeutralMeans having no spouse at present, single; the divorced and widowed also count. More common than 「未婚」 in everyday speech.

Use 「既婚」 for married status on forms and in statistics, paired with 「未婚」. 「結婚」 is the act of marrying, 「婚姻」 the legal institution, and 「独身」 the everyday word for being single.

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1. 既すでに結婚けっこんしていること。