再婚者(さいこんしゃ)

A compound of 再婚(さいこん) (remarriage) and 者(しゃ) (person). Used in demographics, legal contexts, and discussions about family structures.

Common collocations

• 再婚者(さいこんしゃ)の割合(わりあい): proportion of remarried people
• 再婚者(さいこんしゃ)同士(どうし): two remarried people (marrying each other)
• 子連(こづ)れ再婚者(さいこんしゃ): remarried person with children

Similar words

• 初婚者(しょこんしゃ): person marrying for the first time
• バツイチ: divorced person (colloquial) — literally "one strike," from the × mark used to cross out a marriage record

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Formal. Used in statistics, legal documents, and news articles. In casual conversation, people are more likely to say 再婚(さいこん)した人(ひと) (a person who remarried).