Moto 妻: Wife; SpouseKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- サイ
- Kun'yomi
- つま
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, grade 5
- Words
- 100 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (サイ)
- 夫妻ふさいhusband and wife; married couple
- 妻子さいしwife and children
- 先妻せんさいformer wife; late wife
- 妻帯さいたいhaving a wife; marrying (a woman)
- 後妻ごさいsecond wife
- 愛妻あいさいbeloved wife
- 良妻りょうさいgood wife
- 一妻多夫いっさいたふpolyandry
- 一盗二婢三妾四妓五妻いっとうにひさんしょうしぎごさいmost thrilling relationships for a man (another man's wife, a maidservant, a mistress, a prostitute, and finally his own wife)
- 亡妻ぼうさいdeceased wife; late wife
- 内妻ないさいcommon-law wife
- 前妻ぜんさいex-wife; former wife
- 多妻たさいpolygamy; polygyny
- 妻君さいくんone's wife
- 妻女さいじょone's wife; one's wife and daughter or daughters
- 妻妾さいしょうone's wife and mistress(es)
- 妻子を携えるさいしをたずさえるto be accompanied by one's family
- 妻子持ちさいしもちman with wife and kids
- 妻子眷属さいしけんぞくone's wife, children, and other relations; one's whole family
- 妻室さいしつwife
- 妻帯者さいたいしゃmarried man
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 妻つまwife
- 人妻ひとづまmarried woman
- 新妻にいづまnew wife
- 一夜妻いちやづまtemporary consort; prostitute
- 元妻もとつまex-wife; former wife
- 内縁の妻ないえんのつまde facto wife; common-law wife
- 切り妻きりづまgable
- 切り妻屋根きりづまやねgabled roof
- 刺し身の妻さしみのつまsashimi garnish
- 刺身の妻さしみのつまsashimi garnish
- 和妻わづまbranch of ancient Japanese magic tricks inherited mainly from oral tradition
- 団地妻だんちづまapartment wife (esp. one who spends a lot of time alone while her husband is at work)
- 外人妻がいじんづまforeign wife
- 妻入りつまいりJapanese traditional architectural style where the main entrance is on one or both of the gabled sides
- 妻壁つまがべgable wall
- 妻戸つまど(pair of) wooden doors in the interior of a home
- 妻楊枝つまようじtoothpick
Other readings
- 稲妻いなずまlightning; flash of lightning
- 一夫一妻いっぷいっさい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
- 側妻そばめmistress; kept woman
- 切妻きりづまgable
- 切妻屋根きりづまやねgabled roof
- 切妻造きりづまづくりgabled roof; building with a gabled roof
- 切妻造りきりづまづくりgabled roof; building with a gabled roof
- 吾妻あずまeastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); eastern provinces
- 吾妻しいあずましいfeeling good; feeling comfortable
- 吾妻コートあずまコートAzuma coat; type of coat worn over a kimono; popular in the middle of the Meiji era
- 吾妻下駄あずまげたAzuma geta; type of geta for women with a tatami mat insole
- 吾妻山薊あずまやまあざみAzumayama thistle; Cirsiummicrospicatum
- 吾妻琴あずまごとwagon; yamatogoto
- 吾妻鏡あずまかがみJapanese medieval text that chronicles events of the Kamakura Shogunate
- 妻せるめあわせるto marry off; to espouse to
- 妻の命つまのみことyou (referring to one's spouse or partner); dear
- 妻入つまいりJapanese traditional architectural style where the main entrance is on one or both of the gabled sides
- 妻合せるめあわせるto marry off; to espouse to
- 妻合わせるめあわせるto marry off; to espouse to
- 妻問婚つまどいこんtype of marriage where the man merely visits his wife without living with her; duolocal marriage
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