単語屋Tangoya, “the word shop”
Kanji compounds#9,209 most used

女房

にょうぼう1

Pitch accent · 頭高 (atamadaka)

wife

ITS KANJI

HOW IT SOUNDS

Dated

IN A SENTENCE

My wife burst into tears.

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IN OTHER SENTENCES

No wonder he is a henpecked husband.

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MEANINGS

1

wife (esp. one's own wife)

noun

TANGOYA ASKS

2

court lady; female court attache; woman who served at the imperial palace

noun

3

woman (esp. as a love interest)

noun

DETAILS

Kind熟語, kanji compounds

Frequency#9,209 most used

Written女房 only

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall, Write

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium