結婚退職

Meanings

1. Noun, Suru verb

   resigning from one's job when one gets married; retirement due to marriage; leaving a job because of marriage

• 結婚退職けっこんたいしょくしました。

  I stopped working once I got married.

• 60年ねん前まえまでは、日本にほんだけでなく多おおくの国くにで結婚退職けっこんたいしょくは当あたり前まえでした。もちろん、女性じょせいだけですけどね。

  Until around sixty years ago, getting married meant you could no longer work, not only in Japan but in many other countries too. Of course, this only applied to women.