亭主
Meanings
Noun
1. household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); innkeeper; owner (e.g. of a hotel)
2. husband
Kanji used
Pitch accent
ていしゅ
Used in vocabulary
Examples7
あの
She wears the trousers in that house.
うちの
My husband isn't quite the provider he should be.
亭主
No wonder he is a henpecked husband.
女房
Knowing very well that his wife wanted to go to a movie, the husband, who was a dog in the manger, cooked up a scheme whereby they had to stay at home waiting for a certain visitor who was not expected to come.
女房
Many times, a hen-pecked husband doesn't know his problems until he talks to a happy bachelor.
あの
He and his wife both work and his salary is lower than hers, so no wonder he is a hen-pecked husband.