► 名詞
女房 [(1)にょうぼう] [coll] [男] meaning: wife rank: 2
☆ うちの女房 ⇨ My wife (☛ Colloquially usually only used to refer to your own wife, and a little too casual toward someone else’s wife. In literature used more broadly yet still casually)
More examples:
- そんな事言おうものなら女房の機嫌を損ねてしまう ⇨ If I ever say something like that, my wife will be awfully angry
- 最近女房と御無沙汰だ ⇨ I haven’t had sex with my wife for a while
- うちの古女房 ⇨ My old, long-time, wife
- 最近忙し過ぎて女房とろくに話しもしていない ⇨ Recently I’ve been too busy and I’ve barely talked to my wife
- 女房と子供は絶対に辛い目に遭わせない ⇨ I will never let my wife and children go through hard times
- 彼は女房以外の女には見向きもしない ⇨ He doesn’t look at, pay any attention to, other women than his wife
- 女房に買い物で街中を引き回された ⇨ I got dragged throughout the town by my wife for shopping
- 女房を驚かせるために贈り物を買った ⇨ I bought a gift to surprise my wife
- 女房にちょっとした贈り物をした ⇨ I gave my wife a little gift
- 捕手は投手の女房役と呼ばれる ⇨ Baseball catchers are often said to play the role of wives for pitchers
- 女房の買い物に付き合わされた ⇨ My wife made me go shopping with her
- また飲んで帰ろうものなら女房にどやされる ⇨ My wife would yell at me if I came home drunk again
- 女房の機嫌が悪くなってきたのでそそくさと退散した ⇨ My wife’s mood was getting bad so I quickly ran away
- 女房を喜ばせるために花を買った ⇨ I bought some flowers to please my wife
- うちの母はいつも僕よりも僕の女房を庇う ⇨ My mother always sides with my wife rather than me