Lexical entry
エンゲージブルー
engeejiburuu
Depressive feelings or anxiety experienced after getting engaged and before marriage.
Home & LifestylePure GairaigoWasei-EigoCompoundSource: English
Meaning
A Japanese-coined English term referring to the state of anxiety, doubt, or melancholy a person may feel after an engagement, similar to 'marriage blues'.
- post-engagement anxiety
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Evidence and Provenance
- Data source
- JMdict_english
- Revision
- JMdict.2026-04-17
- Review flags
- possible-wasei
- Active language
- English