娶る

めとる
Frequency:

1to marry (a woman); to take a wife (used chiefly of a man taking a wife; somewhat formal/archaic)

Group 1 VerbTransitive Verb

Examples

古い記録には、殿様が隣国の姫を娶ったと書かれている。

Old records say the lord took a princess from a neighboring country as his wife.

彼は都会で出会った女性を娶り、故郷に連れて帰った。

He married a woman he met in the city and brought her back to his hometown.