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► 名詞
  [(1)つま]    meaning:  wife  rank: 2
☆ 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:
  • 大変な愛妻家だ ⇨ He’s really good to his wife
  • 王妃の妻だ ⇨ A queen consort is a wife of a king
  • には妻子がいる ⇨ He has a wife and a child, children
  • は妻と別居している ⇨ He and his wife are living separately
  • 妻と二旅行した ⇨ The two of us, me and my wife, traveled together
  • 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
  • は妻に暴力振るった ⇨ He physically abused his wife
  • 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
  • は人妻にちょっかいをしている ⇨ He’s messing with a married woman
  • は人妻と火遊びしている ⇨ He is playing with fire by messing with a married woman
  • は妻に浮気バレた ⇨ His wife found out about his affair
  • の妻は博打癖愛想かして去った ⇨ His wife lost patience about his gambling habit and left him
  • は妻と別居中だ ⇨ He and his wife are living separately
  • 貞節な妻 ⇨ A faithful wife
  • 彼女は妻子がいる不倫している ⇨ She is having an affair with a married man