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女房, にょうぼう

  • nyōbō
JLPT LEVEL 2

Definition

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

  • wife

Definition

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

Examples of 女房,にょうぼう in a Sentence

女房は店員さんより一回り小さい手だ。
My wife's hands are slightly smaller than the shop assistant's.
我が家では女房が財布の紐を握っている。
My wife holds the purse strings in our family.
彼は懲役十年で、女房には三年の刑が下った。
He was given ten years and his wife three.
呼吸をする以外、なにをするにも、事前に妻の許可を必要とする人は女房の尻にしかれている夫だ。
A man who asks his wife's permission before taking any action except breathing is a henpecked husband.
亭主が女房の尻にしかれるのも当然だ。
No wonder he is a hen - pecked husband.
あの家は女房が亭主をしりに敷いている。
She wears the trousers in that house.
去年女房に死なれた。
I lost my wife last year.
女房の尻にしかれている亭主は、幸せな独り者に話してはじめて、自分の問題を認識することがたびたびだ。
Many times, a hen-pecked husband doesn't know his problems until he talks to a happy bachelor.
女房の悪さは六十年の不作。
A bad wife is the shipwreck of her husband.
女房にどなってたのはおまえさんか。
Were you shouting at my wife?

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