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    3. 女房

    女房

    女にょう房ぼう

    wife (esp. one's own wife)

    N2KMT5News #10+1CoreNounFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab11 strokes

    にょうぼうにょうぼにゅうぼう

    Noun

    1.
    wife (esp. one's own wife)
    2.
    court lady, female court attache, woman who served at the imperial palace
    3.
    woman (esp. as a love interest)
    archaic

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    私わたしの女にょう房ぼうは料りょう理りが上じょう手ずです。

    My wife is a good cook.

    KMT4Family & RelationshipsFood & Dining
    彼かれは女にょう房ぼうに相そう談だんしてから決きめるだろう。

    He will probably decide after consulting with his wife.

    KMT5Family & RelationshipsDaily Life
    昔むかしの日に本ほんでは、女にょう房ぼうが家か計けいを管かん理りすることが多おおかった。

    In old Japan, wives often managed the household finances.

    KMT6Family & RelationshipsHistoryDaily Life
    最さい近きんでは「女にょう房ぼう」という言こと葉ばを使つかう人ひとは減へってきている。

    Recently, fewer people use the word "nyōbō" (wife).

    KMT6Family & RelationshipsCore ConceptsDaily Life
    平へい安あん時じ代だいの女にょう房ぼうは、宮きゅう廷てい文ぶん化かの中ちゅう心しんを担になっていた。

    Court ladies of the Heian period played a central role in court culture.

    KMT7HistoryCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    女
    おんな・め…(7)
    woman・female
    房
    ふさ…(4)
    tassel・tuft・fringe・bunch・lock (hair)…(3)
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