► 名詞
夫 [(3)おっと] meaning: husband rank: 1
☆ うちの夫 ⇨ My husband (☛ Most technical. However note that it is NEVER used to directly address the husband of the person you are talking to. E.g. you NEVER say 「あなたの夫 = your husband」, although 「彼女の夫 = her husband」is acceptable in speech, or perfectly normal in written language)
More examples:
- まあ、これで大丈夫でしょう ⇨ Well, I think this should take care of it
- 共稼ぎの夫婦 ⇨ A double income husband and wife, household
- 彼女は夫にいつも後回しにされてきた ⇨ Her husband has been putting her low in priority
- 彼女はどうして帰りが遅かったのか夫に詰問した ⇨ She grilled her husband on why he came home so late
- 彼の両親が死んだ後叔父夫婦が親代わりになった ⇨ After his parents died his uncle and his wife became substitute parents
- 夫婦の間の擦れ違いが離婚に繋がった ⇨ A married couple missing each other all the time led to a divorce
- 私達夫婦は一棒一穴主義だ ⇨ My wife and I are one-stick-one-hole ideologues. We are sexually faithful to each other
- 大丈夫かとても気になる ⇨ I’m really worried if things are OK
- 仲良し夫婦 ⇨ A very close, happy, couple
- あの夫婦は凸凹コンビだ ⇨ That couple is a prime example of opposites attract
- 年輪を重ねた夫婦 ⇨ A couple with many growth rings, that has spent many years together
- あの二人はおしどり夫婦だ ⇨ Those two are a duck couple, a happy couple
- 彼女は自分の子供と夫の連れ子を分け隔て無く育てている ⇨ She raises her own kids and her husband’s kids from his previous marriage without discriminating
- 彼等には夫婦の営みが無い ⇨ They don’t have husband and wife’s business. They have no sex life
- 私達は再婚夫婦です ⇨ This is the second (or more) marriage for both of us