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► 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:
  • 女房に街中引き回された ⇨ I got dragged throughout the town by my wife for shopping
  • そんな事言おうものなら女房の機嫌ねてしまう ⇨ If I ever say something like that, my wife will be awfully angry
  • 女房をばせるために買った ⇨ I bought some flowers to please my wife
  • 捕手投手の女房役とばれる ⇨ Baseball catchers are often said to play the role of wives for pitchers
  • うちのはいつもよりもの女房を庇う ⇨ My mother always sides with my wife rather than me
  • また飲ん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
  • 五十添った女房 ⇨ My wife I’ve been with for 50 years
  • 昨晩女房とナニをした ⇨ I did the deed with my wife last night
  • 女房をかせるために贈り物買った ⇨ I bought a gift to surprise my wife
  • 女房の付き合わされたが、れてかった ⇨ I had to go with my wife’s shopping, but it was an OK way to kill time
  • 最近女房と御無沙汰だ ⇨ I haven’t had sex with my wife for a while
  • 女房の機嫌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
  • 女房にデパート引きずりされた ⇨ I got dragged around all over the department store by my wife
  • うちの古女房 ⇨ My old, long-time, wife
  • 女房と子供絶対わせない ⇨ I will never let my wife and children go through hard times