嫁
Meanings
Noun
1. bride
2. (one's) daughter-in-law
3. wife
Kanji used
Pitch accent
よめ
Used in vocabulary
嫁入り
marriage (of a woman); marrying into a husband's family; becoming a bride; wedding; wedding ceremony
Noun
嫁祝い
traditional Koshōgatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit on the rump with a sacred wooden pole to ensure her fertility
Noun
嫁たたき
traditional Koshōgatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit on the rump with a sacred wooden pole to ensure her fertility
Noun
Examples5
どんな
Every Jack must have his Jill.
古今東西、
In all times and places many examples of poor relations between wives and mothers-in-law can be seen.
嫁
Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are a tempest and hailstorm.
嫁
I have three daughters to marry off.
私の
My husband has two older brothers. That's right, I'm a third-son's wife.