女房
にょうぼう
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; woman who served at the imperial palace
JLPT N2 Common word
Meanings
Noun
wife (esp. one's own wife)- court lady; female court attache; woman who served at the imperial palace
Rare and archaic meanings (1)
- woman (esp. as a love interest)Archaic
Example sentences
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My wife burst into tears.
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A bad wife is the shipwreck of her husband.
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He is a hen-pecked husband.
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I lost my wife last year.
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Were you shouting at my wife?
More examples (10)
女房にはしょっちゅう嘘をついてた。
I lied constantly to my wife.
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No wonder he is a henpecked husband.
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My wife's hands are slightly smaller than the shop assistant's.
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I met my wife at a mixer party.
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She became, in other words, a good wife.
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My wife holds the purse strings in our family.
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She wears the trousers in that house.
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He was given ten years and his wife three.
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My wife started to work as a female reporter for the newspaper Yomiuri.
ある日、私が戻ってくると、女房と、友人の某とが、炬燵の中に入っているのである。
One day, I came back and my wife and one of my friends were inside the kotatsu.