Japanese word

プロポーズ

Pronunciation

Romajipuropōzu

彼女は突然のプロポーズに驚きました。kano jo wa totsu zen no pu ro pō zu ni odoro ki ma shi ta

She was surprised by the sudden marriage proposal.

交際して三年目に、彼は彼女にプロポーズをしました。kō sai shi te san nen me ni kare wa kano jo ni pu ro pō zu o shi ma shi ta

In the third year of their relationship, he proposed to her.

Describes the act of asking a person to marry, usually as a serious and personal expression of a wish to begin married life together.

求婚kyūkon: A formal or literary term for asking someone to marry.

相手に結婚を申し込むこと。ai te ni kek kon o mō shi ko mu ko to

The Japanese noun プロポーズ (puropōzu) is borrowed from English propose and preserves its marriage-related meaning of asking someone to marry.

A marriage proposal is often described as a question in English, but the answer is not the proposal itself; the proposal is the act of asking.