Shinguruzu,the JP equivalent of singles.

Like the English original,shinguruzu is used to not only describe young people,but also the leftovers who never got hitched,the divorcees and the bereaved left behind when their spouses moved on.
Although few JP people choose to stay single for life,there is a large and devilishly cleaver arsenal of words for ridiculing them-especially women unfortunately.For example, “unsold merchandise”(urenokori), “widow without going”(ikazu goke) a play on to go ie getting married.Some of the words are phrased in a foreign tongue like “old miss”(orudo misu)to the rather insulting “high miss”(hai misu).Its not surprising that there are few words to describe bachelors.
Well,evidently the times are changing and there are possibly more words out there to convey a more upbeat image of single life.
As for me,I will wait as passively as a grocery-store tomato hoping a customer will pick me up before I do rot.....LOL!
P.S
The image of the kimono clad girl was taken last year when I happened to see her standing and looking at a vermilion-colored O-torii Gate out in the sea.