りこん
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する, intransitive)
1. divorce
I hear they are divorced.
Pitch accent
り
こん
Composed of
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
marriage
Used in vocabulary (16 in total)
official divorce registration papers
divorce suit; divorce proceedings
divorce of a couple who have been married for a long time (often brought on by retirement of the husband)
divorce rate
divorce by consent
divorce ceremony
problematic divorce; (lit.) divorce drama
in-home separation; quasi-divorce; marriage that has broken down but where the wife and husband still live together without getting a divorce
divorce of a couple who have been married for a long time (brought on by retirement of the husband)
arbitrated divorce; divorce by arbitration
making preparations for a divorce
to file for divorce
divorce by (Family Court) arbitration
divorce by settlement
divorce by admission
divorce by decree
Examples (40 in total)
I never wanted to get a divorce.
I got divorced.
She wanted to get a divorce.