remarriage
再婚
解説 Definition
結婚していた人が、離婚や死別などを経たあとで再び結婚すること。または、その再びの結婚に関する事柄を指します。
Remarriage is the act of marrying again after a divorce or after a husband or wife has died. It refers to a new marriage, not the earlier one. The word is often used in legal, social, and family contexts.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
re-が付くと again の感覚になる語をまとめて覚えると残りやすいです。rewrite, rebuild, retry と同じで、remarriage は marriage に「再び」の印が付いた名詞。まず marriage＝結婚を土台にし、remarry が動詞、remarriage が名詞と対で押さえると混乱しにくいです。文脈は after divorce や after losing a spouse などの話で出やすく、単なる marriage より「一度区切りを経た結婚」という含みがあります。
Use the prefix `re-` as your memory hook: it often means "again," as in `rewrite` or `retry`. So `remarriage` is easy to connect to `marriage` plus "again." It also helps to pair it with the verb `remarry`, so you remember the noun and verb together.
例文
Remarriage is common in modern society.
再婚は現代社会では一般的です。
The remarriage ceremony was held in spring.
再婚式は春に行われました。
Many people consider remarriage after divorce.
多くの人は離婚後の再婚を検討します。
remarriage の類義語・関連語
remarriage の語源・成り立ち Etymology
re-「再び」+ marriage から成る語。marriageは古フランス語mariage、さらにラテン語maritare「嫁がせる」にさかのぼり、marryやmaritalと同根で、「もう一度結婚する」が再婚を直截に表す。
Remarriage combines re-, meaning "again," with marriage. Marriage came through Old French mariage from Latin maritare, meaning "to marry" or "to give in marriage." Its form makes the history very direct: it means marriage again after a previous one. Related words include marry and marital.
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