► 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:
- 彼は大変な愛妻家だ ⇨ He’s really good to his wife
- 彼の妻が遺影を持って歩いた ⇨ His wife walked with his picture in her arm
- 昔は夫が妻に乱暴しても皆知らぬ振りをした ⇨ In the past people looked other ways when husbands beat wives
- 妻と相談してから決めます ⇨ I will discuss with my wife and then decide
- 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
- 昔は妻子に手を上げる男が多かった ⇨ In the past there were many men who hit wives and children
- 彼は彼女を妻に娶った ⇨ He took her as a wife, married her
- 王妃は王の妻だ ⇨ A queen consort is a wife of a king
- 皇后は天皇の妻だ ⇨ An empress consort is a wife of an emperor
- 貞淑な妻 ⇨ A faithful wife
- 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
- 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
- 彼は若い女が好きになり、中年の妻が邪魔になった ⇨ He fell in love with a younger woman, and wants to get rid of his middle-aged wife
- 内縁の妻 ⇨ An unofficial, de-facto, wife
- 山本夫妻 ⇨ Mr and Mrs Yamamoto