Friends are getting married out of desperation.
絕望的日本人選擇和朋友結(jié)婚。

One of the main traits of the demographic time bomb is that young people focus a lot of their time on work instead of socializing, largely to keep up economically.
人口定時(shí)炸彈的主要特征之一是年輕人為了保持經(jīng)濟(jì)獨(dú)立花很多時(shí)間用于工作，而不是社交。

They still want to get married, however, so the compromise they're making is just partnering up with friends.
盡管如此，他們?nèi)匀幌虢Y(jié)婚，所以他們做出的讓步是和朋友組成家庭。

It's a real-life version of that game "If we're both not married by the time we're 40..." — except people are playing it in their late 20s.
這就是那個(gè)游戲的現(xiàn)實(shí)版：“如果我們40歲前還沒結(jié)婚就……”只不過(guò)日本人從25歲以后就開始玩了。