新婚

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 新婚 is read as しんこん and means newly married or the early period of a marriage.
• Basic usage: It can describe newlyweds or someone’s newly married days.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Describing newlyweds
  • 新婚の二人 refers to the two people who have recently married. Example: 新婚の二人は駅の近くで暮らし始めた。
• Looking back on newly married days
  • 新婚時代 identifies the period shown in the aunt’s photographs. Example: 伯母から新婚時代の写真を見せてもらった。