未婚
みこん
unmarried; not yet married
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Examples
彼女はまだ未婚です。
かのじょはまだみこんです。
She is still unmarried.
その実験は未婚の男性百人を対象に行われた。
そのじっけんはみこんのだんせいひゃくにんをたいしょうにおこなわれた。
The experiment was carried out on a hundred unmarried men.
未婚率の上昇が社会問題になっている。
みこんりつのじょうしょうがしゃかいもんだいになっている。
The rising proportion of unmarried people has become a social issue.
Common patterns
- 未婚の女性
- an unmarried woman
- 未婚率
- rate of people never married
- 未婚の母
- unmarried mother
Memory tip
The 未 "not yet" carries an assumption that marriage is expected, which is why 独身 (single) is the neutral, polite word in conversation. 未婚 is statistical and strictly means never married — a divorced person is 離婚歴あり, not 未婚.
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