結婚します（けっこんします、keっkonshimasu）
- to marry

結婚します means "to get married" or "to marry." It describes the act of entering into a marriage. It implies a commitment to a life partner and the legal and social recognition of that union. The word itself focuses on the action of marrying, rather than being married.

⚫︎来年、結婚します。 Translation: I will get married next year. ⚫︎彼女と結婚したいです。 Translation: I want to marry her. ⚫︎二人はもうすぐ結婚します。 Translation: They will get married soon.

⚫︎You can use 結婚します to talk about your own future marriage, someone else's, or as a general statement about the act of marrying. ⚫︎It's a formal and polite way of saying "to get married." In conversation, you might use it to announce your engagement or your plans for a wedding. ⚫︎When referring to someone else, you would often use their name + が + 結婚します. For example, 田中さんが結婚します (Tanaka-san will get married). ⚫︎The ～ます form indicates a polite, present or future tense. ⚫︎To talk about being married, you would use the past tense of this verb, or use the word 結婚している "to be married" ⚫︎For example: 結婚しました which means "I got married" or "I am married now". ⚫︎結婚します can be used in the present, future, and habitual senses.

⚫︎結婚します is typically written in kanji and hiragana: 結婚します. ⚫︎結婚 (kekkon) is the kanji for "marriage." ⚫︎します (shimasu) is the polite form of the verb "to do." ⚫︎The verb form changes depending on the tense: ⚫︎Present/Future: 結婚します (kekkon shimasu) ⚫︎Past: 結婚しました (kekkon shimashita) ⚫︎Present Continuous: 結婚しています (kekkon shiteimasu) (currently married, or in the process of getting married.) ⚫︎Negative (Present/Future): 結婚しません (kekkon shimasen) ⚫︎Negative (Past): 結婚しませんでした (kekkon shimasen deshita)

⚫︎There aren't many direct synonyms, but phrases conveying a similar meaning include: ⚫︎婚姻する (kon'in suru) - more formal, literary "to marry". ⚫︎嫁ぐ (tsuigu) - "to marry (a woman)." It focuses on the woman entering the man's family. ⚫︎妻（夫）になる (tsuma/otto ni naru) - "to become a wife/husband" (Focus on the state) ⚫︎一緒になる (issho ni naru) - "to become one" implies marriage and can be used informally.

⚫︎離婚します (rikon shimasu) - to divorce. ⚫︎別れます (wakaremasu) - to separate, to break up.

私は来年の夏に結婚します。 ・Translation: I will get married next summer. ・Explanation: This sentence expresses a personal future plan to get married next summer. It uses the polite future tense 結婚します.

両親はもうすぐ結婚50周年を迎えます。 ・Translation: My parents will soon celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. ・Explanation: While the sentence doesn't directly use 結婚します, it relates to the concept of marriage. It uses the phrase 結婚50周年(kekkon gojū shūnen) to describe the anniversary.

⚫︎The word 結婚 is a compound word. ⚫︎結 (ketsu) means "to tie," "to join," or "to bind." ⚫︎婚 (kon) means "marriage" or "wedding." ⚫︎します (shimasu) is the polite form of the verb "to do," indicating that someone is carrying out the action of marrying. ⚫︎Therefore, the word signifies "to bind in marriage," suggesting the coming together of two people.