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奥さん  [(1)おくさん]  [coll]    meaning:  wife  rank: 1
☆ 奥さんはお元気ですか? ⇨ Is your wife doing well?  (☛ The most common term to address someone else’s wife. NOT used to address your own wife)


More examples:
  • 友達に奥さんを寝取られた ⇨ He got cuckolded by his friend
  • は奥さんにまめに贈り物をする ⇨ He diligently, frequently, gives gifts to his wife
  • 他人の奥さんに色目使っている ⇨ He is looking amorously at, hitting on, someone else’s wife
  • 他人の奥さんにした ⇨ He got involved with somebody else’s wife
  • 将来の奥さんに職場出会った ⇨ He met his future wife at work
  • は奥さんと二人住まいだ ⇨ He lives with his wife (and nobody else)
  • A:奥さんおいですね B:また御世辞ばっかり ⇨ A:Ma’am, you look so young. B:That’s just flattery. You don’t really mean it
  • は奥さんと意地張り合いをしている ⇨ He and his wife are both refusing to apologize to each other
  • は奥さんに贈っ得点いだ ⇨ He scored points by gifting flowers to his wife
  • の奥さんはすごい美人だ ⇨ His wife is a real beauty