離婚
Meanings
Noun
Suru verb
Intransitive verb
1. divorce
Kanji used
Pitch accent
りこん
Used in vocabulary
熟年離婚
divorce of a couple who have been married for a long time (often brought on by retirement of the husband)
Noun
定年離婚
divorce of a couple who have been married for a long time (brought on by retirement of the husband)
Noun
家庭内離婚
in-home separation; quasi-divorce; marriage that has broken down but where the wife and husband still live together without getting a divorce
Noun
Examples42
私
I will consent to the divorce.
メアリー
When did you learn of Mary's divorce?
ジェフ
Jeff and Mia are making a last ditch effort to avoid a divorce.
彼女
She won't agree to a divorce.
アメリカ
Compared with those in America, Japanese marriages rarely end in divorce.
新聞２
Two whole pages of the newspaper were devoted to the news of the royal divorce.