Word Meaning できちゃった婚

できちゃったこん dekichattakon

できちゃった婚 is read as できちゃったこん (dekichattakon) and means marriage due to unintended pregnancy.

Meaning

English

  1. marriage due to unintended pregnancy
  2. shotgun wedding

Reading

Kana

できちゃったこん

Romaji

dekichattakon

Writing Variants

  • 出来ちゃった婚 できちゃったこん dekichattakon

Stroke Sequence

7 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 142857 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

できちゃった結婚

できちゃったけっこん

marriage due to unintended pregnancy

新婚

しんこん

newly-wed

未婚

みこん

unmarried

晩婚

ばんこん

late marriage

成婚

せいこん

marriage

初婚

しょこん

first marriage

早婚

そうこん

early marriage

三人婚

さんにんこん

ménage à trois

上方婚

じょうほうこん

hypergamy

事実婚

じじつこん

de facto marriage

同性婚

どうせいこん

same-sex marriage

下方婚

かほうこん

hypogamy

Example Sentences

3

My parents only got married because they had me.

Tom and Mary had a shotgun wedding.

It seems as it was a shot-gun wedding so they're having a quiet wedding with only family and a couple of friends from university invited.