妻

Vocabulary (12)

• 一盗二婢三妾四妓五妻

  いっとうにひさんしょうしぎごさい

  (the most thrilling relationships for a man are) another man's wife, a maidservant, a mistress, a prostitute, and finally his own wife

• 梵妻

  ぼんさい

  Buddhist priest's wife

• 吾妻鏡

  あずまかがみ

  Japanese medieval text that chronicles events of the Kamakura Shogunate

• 妻入

  つまいり

  Japanese traditional architectural style where the main entrance is on one or both of the gabled sides

• 大妻女子大学

  おおつまじょしだいがく

  Ootsuma Women's University

• 求妻広告

  きゅうさいこうこく

  advertisement for a wife

• 団地妻

  だんちづま

  apartment wife (esp. one who spends a lot of time alone while her husband is at work)

• 悪妻

  あくさい

  bad wife

• 美人妻

  びじんつま

  beautiful wife

• 愛妻

  あいさい

  beloved wife

• 内妻

  ないさい

  common-law wife

• 愛妻家

  あいさいか

  devoted husband