披露宴

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: The spelling is 披露宴, read ひろうえん, and it combines 披露, meaning presentation or announcement, with 宴, meaning banquet.
• Basic usage: 披露宴 means a wedding reception celebrating the marriage and presenting the newlyweds to their guests.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A reception after the ceremony and a greeting delivered there
  • Both examples use the form 披露宴. The first is the whole event held at a hotel after the wedding; the second is a moment when the groom's friend speaks at that event.
• A hotel celebration and words from the groom's friend
  • 結婚式の後にホテルで披露宴が開かれた。 — A reception was held at a hotel after the wedding.
  • 披露宴で新郎の友人が短い挨拶をした。 — A friend of the groom gave a short speech at the reception.