► 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:
- 彼は人妻と情事を重ねた ⇨ He kept having affairs with a married woman
- 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
- 貞節な妻 ⇨ A faithful wife
- 彼は人妻と寝ている ⇨ He is sleeping with somebody’s wife
- 彼は妻と別離した ⇨ He has separated from his wife
- 彼は妻を殺害した ⇨ He murdered his wife
- 彼は彼女を妻に娶った ⇨ He took her as a wife, married her
- 彼は人妻と火遊びしている ⇨ He is playing with fire by messing with a married woman
- 彼は大変な愛妻家だ ⇨ He’s really good to his wife
- 最近妻が妙に優しくて怖い ⇨ Recently my wife has been strangely nice, and I’m scared
- 稲妻が夜空に閃いた ⇨ A lightning flashed in the night sky
- 彼の妻が遺影を持って歩いた ⇨ His wife walked with his picture in her arm
- 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
- 妻に花を贈って点数を稼いだ ⇨ I scored points by sending flowers to my wife
- 王妃は王の妻だ ⇨ A queen consort is a wife of a king