ていしゅ
亭主
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); innkeeper; owner (e.g. of a hotel)
N5Common wordNoun
Noun
household head•master•host (e.g. of a tea gathering)•innkeeper•owner (e.g. of a hotel)
Noun
husband
Example Sentences
うちの亭主は甲斐性がない。
My husband isn't quite the provider he should be.
亭主が女房の尻にしかれるのも当然だ。
No wonder he is a henpecked husband.
あの家は女房が亭主をしりに敷いている。
She wears the trousers in that house.
酔っ払っておそく家に帰ったかどで、怒った女房は亭主に食ってかかり、箒で亭主をひっぱたいた。
The angry wife was on the warpath; she hit her husband with a broom for coming home late and drunk.
女房の尻にしかれている亭主は、幸せな独り者に話してはじめて、自分の問題を認識することがたびたびだ。
Many times, a hen-pecked husband doesn't know his problems until he talks to a happy bachelor.