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    3. 先妻

    先妻

    先せん妻さい

    former wife

    KMT10News #41+1NounFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab14 strokes

    せんさい

    Noun

    1.
    former wife, late wife

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    彼かれには先せん妻さいがいました。

    He had a former wife.

    KMT6Family & Relationships
    彼かれの先せん妻さいは数すう年ねん前まえに亡なくなりました。

    His late wife passed away a few years ago.

    KMT10Family & Relationships
    彼かれは先せん妻さいとの間あいだに二ふた人りの子こ供どもがいます。

    He has two children with his former wife.

    KMT10Family & Relationships
    先せん妻さいの遺い品ひんを整せい理りするのは、彼かれにとってつらい作さ業ぎょうでした。

    Sorting through his late wife's belongings was a painful task for him.

    KMT10Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれは現げん在ざいの妻つまと先せん妻さいの子こ供どもたちが仲なか良よくすることを願ねがっている。

    He hopes that his current wife and his former wife's children will get along well.

    KMT10Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    先
    さき・ま.ず…(2)
    before・ahead・previous・future・precedence
    妻
    つま…(3)
    wife・spouse
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