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女房

wife (esp. one's own wife)

N5Common wordNoun
Noun
wife (esp. one's own wife)
Noun
court ladyfemale court attachewoman who served at the imperial palace
Noun
woman (esp. as a love interest)

Example Sentences

女房が突然泣き出した。

My wife burst into tears.

女房の(わるい)さは六十年(ねん)の不作。

A bad wife is the shipwreck of her husband.

(かれ)は女房の尻に敷かれている。

He is a hen-pecked husband.

去年、女房に死なれたんだよ。

I lost my wife last year.

女房にどなってたのはおまえさんか。

Were you shouting at my wife?