► 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
- 王妃は王の妻だ ⇨ A queen consort is a wife of a king
- 彼には妻子がいる ⇨ He has a wife and a child, children
- 彼は妻と別居している ⇨ He and his wife are living separately
- 妻と二人で旅行した ⇨ The two of us, me and my wife, traveled together
- 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
- 彼は妻に暴力を振るった ⇨ He physically abused his wife
- 彼は妻子がいないから身軽だ ⇨ He doesn’t have wife and kids so he can make decision only for himself
- 彼は人妻にちょっかいを出している ⇨ He’s messing with a married woman
- 彼は人妻と火遊びしている ⇨ He is playing with fire by messing with a married woman
- 彼は妻に浮気がバレた ⇨ His wife found out about his affair
- 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
- 彼は妻と別居中だ ⇨ He and his wife are living separately
- 貞節な妻 ⇨ A faithful wife
- 彼女は妻子がいる男と不倫している ⇨ She is having an affair with a married man