Moto 夫: Husband; ManKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- フ、フウ、ブ
- Kun'yomi
- おっと、それ
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, grade 4
- Words
- 168 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (フ・フウ・ブ)
- 夫人ふじんwife; Mrs
- 夫婦ふうふmarried couple; husband and wife
- 夫妻ふさいhusband and wife; married couple
- 工夫くふうdevising (a way); contriving
- 大丈夫だいじょうぶsafe; secure
- 丈夫じょうぶhealthy; robust
- 老夫婦ろうふうふold couple; elderly couple
- 一工夫ひとくふうcontrivance; bit of fiddling
- 亡夫ぼうふdeceased husband; late husband
- 夫君ふくん(another's) husband
- 夫唱婦随ふしょうふずいa wife should do her husband's bidding
- 漁夫の利ぎょふのりprofiting while others fight
- 農夫のうふ(male) farmer; peasant
- おしどり夫婦おしどりふうふloving couple; couple of lovebirds
- なれ合い夫婦なれあいふうふcommon-law couple; couple in an illicit union
- 一妻多夫いっさいたふpolyandry
- 主夫しゅふhousehusband; stay-at-home dad
- 人力車夫じんりきしゃふrickshaw man
- 令夫人れいふじんMrs; Lady
- 仮面夫婦かめんふうふcouple who only go through the motions of being husband and wife
- 伯夫人はくふじんcountess
- 伯爵夫人はくしゃくふじんcountess
- 似た者夫婦にたものふうふlike man, like wife; like marries like
- 侯爵夫人こうしゃくふじんmarchioness
- 偉丈夫いじょうふgreat man; great god
- 入夫にゅうふmarrying into the wife's family
- 公爵夫人こうしゃくふじんprincess; duchess
- 創意工夫そういくふうbeing imaginative and creative; creative originality
- 創意工夫功労者賞そういくふうこうろうしゃしょうPrize for Creativity
- 創意工夫育成功労学校賞そういくふういくせいこうろうがっこうしょうPrize to Schools for Nurturing Creativity
- 功夫くふうdevising (a way); contriving
- 勇夫ゆうふvaliant man
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 夫おっとhusband
- 元夫もとおっとex-husband; former husband
- 内縁の夫ないえんのおっとde facto husband; common-law husband
Other readings
- 義太夫ぎだゆうgidayū (type of reciting used in the puppet theater)
- 夫れ夫れそれぞれeach; respectively
- かん夫かんぷadulterer; paramour
- 一夫一妻いっぷいっさいmonogamy
- 一夫一婦いっぷいっぷmonogamy
- 一夫一婦制いっぷいっぷせいmonogamy
- 一夫多妻いっぷたさいpolygamy; polygyny
- 一夫多妻制いっぷたさいせいpolygyny
- 万夫ばんぷmany people
- 万夫不当ばんぷふとうbeing a match for thousands; being a mighty warrior (combatant)
- 丈夫振りますらおぶりmanly poetic style (e.g. in the Man'yōshū)
- 丈夫風ますらおぶりmanly poetic style (e.g. in the Man'yōshū)
- 人夫にんぷlaborer (labourer); construction worker
- 人夫々ひとそれぞれto each his own; people differ
- 仁太夫にだゆうmanager of itinerant entertainers (Edo period)
- 信夫摺しのぶずりclothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
- 信夫摺りしのぶずりclothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
- 俥夫しゃふrickshaw puller; rickshaw driver
- 先夫ぜんぷformer husband; late husband
- 凡夫ぼんぷordinary person
- 前夫ぜんぷformer husband; late husband
- 匹夫ひっぷ(humble) man; coarse man
- 匹夫の勇ひっぷのゆうrash courage
- 匹夫も志を奪うべからずひっぷもこころざしをうばうべからずone cannot shake the will of even the lowliest man; a person's will should be respected
- 匹夫匹婦ひっぷひっぷcoarse men and women
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