女房
Meanings
Noun
1. wife (esp. one's own wife)
2. court lady; female court attache; woman who served at the imperial palace
Other readings
Kanji used
Pitch accent
にょうぼう
Used in vocabulary
Examples16
女房
My wife's hands are slightly smaller than the shop assistant's.
去年、
I lost my wife last year.
彼
He was given ten years and his wife three.
女房
My wife burst into tears.
女房
Were you shouting at my wife?
言い換えれば、
She became, in other words, a good wife.