► 名詞
妻 [(1)つま] meaning: wife rank: 2
☆ 私の妻 ⇨ My wife (☛ Most technical. However note that it is NEVER used to directly address the wife of the person you are talking to. E.g. you NEVER say 「あなたの妻 = your wife」, even though 「彼の妻 = his wife」is perfectly acceptable)
More examples:
- 最近妻が妙に優しくて怖い ⇨ Recently my wife has been strangely nice, and I’m scared
- 貞節な妻 ⇨ A faithful wife
- 彼の妻は彼の博打癖に愛想を尽かして彼の元を去った ⇨ His wife lost patience about his gambling habit and left him
- うちの母親・姉・弟・夫・妻・息子・娘・祖母・叔父・犬・猫 ⇨ My mother, big sister, little brother, husband, wife, son, daughter, grandmother, uncle, dog, cat
- 稲妻が夜空に閃いた ⇨ A lightning flashed in the night sky
- 苦楽を共にした妻 ⇨ My wife I’ve shared good times and bad times
- 彼は妻と別居中だ ⇨ He and his wife are living separately
- 彼は友達に将来の妻に紹介された ⇨ He was introduced to his future wife by his friend
- 彼は妻子がいるのに他の女とふらふらしている ⇨ He has a wife and kids and still fooling around with other women
- 彼は妻と別離した ⇨ He has separated from his wife
- 夫を立てる妻 ⇨ A wife who is very supportive of her husband
- 彼は幼い子供達を残して妻に先立たれて途方に暮れた ⇨ He didn’t know what to do, was completely at a loss, when his wife passed away leaving him with young children
- 一夫多妻制は多くの社会で見られたが、一妻多夫制は非常に稀だ (いっぷたさいせい いっさいたふせい) ⇨ Polygyny has been observed in many societies, but polyandry is extremely rare
- 彼は妻に浮気がバレた ⇨ His wife found out about his affair
- 彼女は大金持ちの妻の座に収まった ⇨ She successfully filled the spot of the wife of a super rich guy