通い妻 – vocab dash

通かよい妻づま

Meanings

Noun

1. wife who lives elsewhere but regularly visits her husband

Kanji used

Composed of

coming and going; going back and forth (between); running between; circulating; commuting (to work, school, etc.); attending regularly; frequenting; passbook; bankbook

Noun

妻つま

wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)

Noun

Examples1

通かよい妻づまとは名な前まえの通とおり、妻つまが夫おっとの元もとに通かよう結けっ婚こん形けい態たいの事ことである。

A 'commuting wife' is just what the name says, it's a form of marriage where the wife travels to her husband's side.