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    内縁

    内ない縁えん

    de facto marriage

    KMT9News #32+1NounFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab19 strokes

    ないえん

    Noun

    1.
    de facto marriage, common-law marriage

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    彼かれらは内ない縁えん関かん係けいにあります。

    They are in a common-law marriage.

    KMT7Family & Relationships
    法ほう的てきには結けっ婚こんしていませんが、彼かれらは長なが年ねん内ない縁えんの夫ふう婦ふとして暮くらしています。

    Although not legally married, they have lived together for many years as a common-law couple.

    KMT9Family & RelationshipsDaily Life
    内ない縁えん関かん係けいにあるカップルにも、一いっ定ていの法ほう的てき保ほ護ごが与あたえられる場ば合あいがあります。

    Couples in common-law marriages may also be granted certain legal protections.

    KMT9Family & RelationshipsPolitics & Law
    彼かの女じょは内ない縁えんの夫おっととの間あいだに子こ供どもを授さずかった。

    She was blessed with a child with her common-law husband.

    KMT9Family & Relationships
    内ない縁えんの妻つまは、夫おっとの遺い族ぞく年ねん金きんを受うけ取とることができるか、弁べん護ご士しに相そう談だんした。

    The common-law wife consulted a lawyer about whether she could receive her husband's survivor's pension.

    KMT9Family & RelationshipsPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    内
    うち…(6)
    inside・within・between・among・house…(1)
    縁
    ふち・ふち.どる・ゆかり・よすが・へり・えにし…(2)
    affinity・relation・connection・edge・border…(2)
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