Definitions
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- noun A
Japanese custom in whichunattached individuals are introduced to each other to consider the possibility ofmarriage .
Etymologies
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From Japanese お見合い (おみあい, o-miai)
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Examples
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Where once "Old Miss" was an opprobrium describing a young woman who hadn't found a husband through the obligatory "omiai"
News On Japan 2009
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What young people who grew up in the seventies and early eighties saw was that their parents, who had been married through omiai or matchmaking, were economically satifisfied with their marriages, but not emotionally satisfied.
Kickboxing Geishas Veronica Chambers 2007
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