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    3. 妻

    妻

    妻つま

    wife

    N3KMT6Freq #691Family & RelationshipsKanji8 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    つま

    On'yomi

    サイ

    Nanori

    ずまめ

    wifespouse

    ⺕女

    女

    Stroke 0 / 8

    Speed1.0x

    婦委嫌妾侫姿妥姜妾妥婦姜帚

    Concepts using this kanji

    妻

    wife

    夫妻

    husband and wife

    妻子

    wife and children

    人妻

    married woman

    稲妻

    lightning

    愛妻

    beloved wife

    新妻

    new wife

    本妻

    one's legal wife

    内妻

    common-law wife

    一夫一妻

    monogamy

    外人妻

    foreign wife

    良妻

    good wife

    元妻

    ex-wife

    手妻

    sleight of hand

    妻女

    one's wife

    先妻

    former wife

    前妻

    ex-wife

    妻入り

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

    正妻

    legal wife

    団地妻

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

    多妻

    polygamy

    一夜妻

    temporary consort

    妻子持ち

    man with wife and kids

    和妻

    traditional Japanese magic

    後妻

    second wife

    現地妻

    local woman treated as a spouse by an already-married foreigner

    一妻多夫

    polyandry

    一夫多妻

    polygamy

    有妻

    having a wife

    美人妻

    beautiful wife

    手妻人形

    var. of puppet popular in the Edo period

    無妻

    having no wife

    切妻

    gable

    通い妻

    wife who lives elsewhere but regularly visits her husband

    旧妻

    former wife

    一夫多妻制

    polygyny

    権妻

    mistress

    サレ妻

    wife cheated on by her husband

    シタ妻

    wife who has had an affair

    妻の命

    you (referring to one's spouse or partner)

    求妻広告

    advertisement for a wife

    病妻

    one's sick wife

    大妻女子大学

    Otsuma Women's University

    若妻

    young wife

    妻帯者

    married man

    妻室

    wife

    妻戸

    (pair of) wooden doors in the interior of a home

    切妻造り

    gabled roof

    亡妻

    deceased wife

    妻問婚

    type of marriage where the man merely visits his wife without living with her

    悪妻は百年の不作

    a bad wife spells the ruin of her husband

    悪妻

    bad wife

    老妻

    old woman

    愛妻家

    devoted husband

    我が妻

    my spouse

    妻子を携える

    to be accompanied by one's family

    恐妻家

    hen-pecked husband

    恐妻

    submission to one's wife

    恐妻病

    wife-phobia

    愛妻弁当

    lunchbox made with loving care by one's wife

    切妻屋根

    gabled roof

    内縁の妻

    de facto wife

    平日昼顔妻

    housewife having an affair while her husband is at work

    幼妻

    very young bride

    駐妻

    expat wife

    妻壁

    gable wall

    肉食妻帯

    meat and matrimony (Buddhism)

    恋妻

    loving wife

    賢妻

    wise (house)wife

    妻帯

    having a wife

    幻妻

    wife

    良妻賢母

    good wife and wise mother

    愚妻

    wife

    吾妻コート

    Azuma coat

    吾妻しい

    feeling good

    妻鈍ジー

    uxoriousness

    大妻女子大学短期大学部

    Otsuma Women's University Junior College Division

    妻妾

    one's wife and mistress(es)

    吾妻下駄

    Azuma geta

    稲妻横這

    zig-zag rice leafhopper (Recilia dorsalis)

    妻子眷属

    one's wife, children, and other relations

    嫡妻

    one's legal wife

    吾妻鏡

    Japanese medieval text that chronicles events of the Kamakura Shogunate

    吾妻山薊

    Azumayama thistle

    荊妻

    one's own wife

    梵妻

    Buddhist priest's wife

    一盗二婢三妾四妓五妻

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

    糟糠の妻

    one's devoted wife

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 女

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    • 妻鈍ジー
    • 愛妻
    • 悪妻
    • 一妻多夫
    • 一夫多妻
    • 稲妻
    • 求妻広告
    • 旧妻
    • 恐妻家
    • 恐妻病
    • 愚妻
    • 荊妻
    • 後妻
    • 妻
    • 妻子
    • 妻子持ち
    • 妻帯
    • 妻帯者
    • 新妻
    • 人妻
    • 正妻
    • 先妻
    • 内妻
    • 夫妻
    • 本妻
    • 亡妻
    • 良妻
    • 恋妻
    • 老妻
    • 梵妻
    • 一夜妻
    • 嫡妻
    • 手妻
    • 妻女
    • 妻戸
    • 妻妾
    • 妻室
    • 賢妻
    • 良妻賢母
    • 多妻
    • 愛妻家
    • 愛妻弁当
    • 切妻
    • 妻子を携える
    • 内縁の妻
    • 幼妻
    • 肉食妻帯
    • 妻子眷属
    • 吾妻しい
    • 恐妻
    • 一夫一妻
    • 手妻人形
    • 悪妻は百年の不作
    • 稲妻横這
    • 元妻
    • 我が妻
    • 通い妻
    • 妻の命
    • 前妻
    • 吾妻山薊
    • 一夫多妻制
    • 妻問婚
    • 吾妻鏡
    • 吾妻下駄
    • 吾妻コート
    • 和妻
    • 糟糠の妻
    • 切妻造り
    • 切妻屋根
    • 妻入り
    • 一盗二婢三妾四妓五妻
    • 権妻
    • 妻壁
    • 外人妻
    • 幻妻
    • 病妻
    • 平日昼顔妻
    • 団地妻
    • 美人妻
    • 有妻
    • 無妻
    • 若妻
    • サレ妻
    • 駐妻
    • シタ妻
    • 現地妻
    • 大妻女子大学
    • 大妻女子大学短期大学部

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