► 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:
- 彼の妻が遺影を持って歩いた ⇨ His wife walked with his picture in her arm
- 彼は人妻と情事を重ねた ⇨ He kept having affairs with a married woman
- 貞淑な妻 ⇨ A faithful wife
- 彼は妻子を残して出て行った ⇨ He left (for good), leaving his wife and children behind
- 妻と相談してから決めます ⇨ I will discuss with my wife and then decide
- 彼は人妻と情交していた ⇨ He was having a sexaul relationship with a married woman
- 妻子を見捨てて若い女と結婚するなんてあいつを見損なった ⇨ I lost all respect for him because he abandoned his wife and kids and married a young woman
- 妻に花を贈って点数を稼いだ ⇨ I scored points by sending flowers to my wife
- 彼には妻子がいる ⇨ He has a wife and a child, children
- 苦楽を共にした妻 ⇨ My wife I shared struggles and pleasures in life
- 皇后は天皇の妻だ ⇨ An empress consort is a wife of an emperor
- 彼は妻と別居している ⇨ He and his wife are living separately
- 彼は人妻と火遊びしている ⇨ He is playing with fire by messing with a married woman
- 夫を立てる妻 ⇨ A wife who is very supportive of her husband
- 彼は妻子を残して死んだ ⇨ He died leaving his wife and children behind