晩婚化
ばんこんか
trend toward marrying later
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Examples
晩婚化が進んでいる。
ばんこんかがすすんでいる。
The trend toward later marriage is advancing.
晩婚化と少子化は関係が深い。
ばんこんかとしょうしかはかんけいがふかい。
Later marriage and the falling birth rate are closely connected.
都市部ほど晩婚化の傾向が強いという調査結果が出た。
としぶほどばんこんかのけいこうがつよいというちょうさけっかがでた。
A survey found that the trend toward later marriage is stronger in urban areas.
Common patterns
- 晩婚化が進む
- the trend toward later marriage advances
- 晩婚化の傾向
- a tendency toward later marriage
- 少子化と晩婚化
- falling birth rates and later marriage
Memory tip
The 化 suffix means 'the process of becoming', and all of these social-change nouns take 進む: 晩婚化が進む, 少子化が進む, 高齢化が進む. Learn the verb with the word.
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