離婚 (りこん): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

離婚 (りこん) means divorce.

See example sentences below.

離婚 at a glance

離婚

りこんrikon

N3noun

divorce

離婚りこんrikonN3Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

divorce

Example 1

彼は去年離婚しました。

Translation

He got divorced last year.

Example 2

離婚の手続きを始めた。

Translation

I started the divorce procedures.

Kanji 婚: marriage

Kanji 婚: meanings, readings, and example words.

Kanji 離: detach, separation, disjoin, digress

Kanji 離: meanings, readings, and example words.

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