Kanji 夫 Words: Meanings and Readings, Page 2

大丈夫

だいじょうふ

great man

大統領夫人

だいとうりょうふじん

first lady

大夫

だいぶ

high steward

炭坑夫

たんこうふ

coal miner

男爵夫人

だんしゃくふじん

baroness

男神

おがみ

male god

知々夫国

ちちぶのくに

Chichibu (former province located in present-day Saitama Prefecture)

竹夫人

ちくふじん

bamboo wife

蝶々夫人

ちょうちょうふじん

Madama Butterfly (opera by Puccini)

弟夫婦

おとうとふうふ

one's younger brother and his wife

点灯夫

てんとうふ

lamplighter

田夫

でんぷ

peasant

田夫野人

でんぷやじん

rustic

杜父魚

かくぶつ

fourspine sculpin (species of fish, Cottus kazika)

内縁の夫

ないえんのおっと

de facto husband

馴れ合い夫婦

なれあいふうふ

common-law couple

入夫

にゅうふ

marrying into the wife's family

妊夫

にんぷ

father-to-be

能太夫

のうだゆう

high-ranking noh actor

農夫症

のうふしょう

farmer's syndrome

蚤の夫婦

のみのふうふ

couple in which the wife is bigger than the husband

背の君

せのきみ

one's husband

伯爵夫人

はくしゃくふじん

countess

伯夫人

はくふじん

countess

美丈夫

びじょうふ

good-looking man

匹夫

ひっぷ

(humble) man

匹夫の勇

ひっぷのゆう

rash courage

匹夫も志を奪うべからず

ひっぷもこころざしをうばうべからず

one cannot shake the will of even the lowliest man

匹夫匹婦

ひっぷひっぷ

coarse men and women

夫を立てる

おっとをたてる

to treat one's husband with due respect

夫権

ふけん

husband's marital rights

夫源病

ふげんびょう

physical and mental disorders in a wife due to her husband's words and actions

夫子

ふうし

Confucius

夫選び

おっとえらび

choosing a husband

夫婦

めおと

married couple

夫婦の和

ふうふのわ

conjugal harmony

夫婦愛

ふうふあい

love between husband and wife

夫婦円満

ふうふえんまん

matrimonial happiness

夫婦間

ふうふかん

within a marriage

夫婦間レイプ

ふうふかんレイプ

marital rape

夫婦関係

ふうふかんけい

marital relationship

夫婦気取り

ふうふきどり

behaving like a married couple

夫婦共稼ぎ

ふうふともかせぎ

husband and wife both working (for a living)

夫婦共働き

ふうふともばたらき

husband and wife both working (for a living)

夫婦喧嘩

ふうふげんか

marital quarrel

夫婦喧嘩は犬も食わない

ふうふげんかはいぬもくわない

one should not get involved in a marital quarrel

夫婦炊き

めおとだき

dish of the same ingredient prepared two different ways, stewed together (esp. tofu, specialty of Kyoto)

夫婦生活

ふうふせいかつ

married life

夫婦茶碗

めおとぢゃわん

pair of teacups (or rice bowls) for a married couple (one large and one small)

夫婦仲

ふうふなか

conjugal relations

夫婦別れ

ふうふわかれ

divorce

夫婦別姓

ふうふべっせい

use of separate surnames by a married couple

夫婦保険

ふうふほけん

married couple's insurance (i.e. life-insurance policy covering husband and wife)

夫婦墓

めおとばか

husband and wife tomb

夫婦約束

ふうふやくそく

engagement

夫婦養子

ふうふようし

adopting a married couple

夫婦連れ

ふうふづれ

husband and wife travelling together (traveling)

夫余

ふよ

Buyeo (ancient kingdom bordering China in the north of Korea)

賦役

ふえき

slave labour

武夫

ぶふ

warrior

平水夫

へいすいふ

foremast hand

牧夫

ぼくふ

herdsman

凡夫

ぼんぷ

ordinary person

妹夫婦

いもうとふうふ

one's younger sister and her husband

万夫

ばんぷ

many people

万夫不当

ばんぷふとう

being a match for thousands

密夫

みっぷ

lover (of a married woman)

娘夫婦

むすめふうふ

one's daughter and her husband

木こり

きこり

woodcutter

役夫

えきふ

laborer

勇夫

ゆうふ

valiant man

有夫

ゆうふ

having a husband

雄

お

husband

令夫人

れいふじん

Mrs

老夫

ろうふ

old man

嬪夫

ピンプ

pimp

懦夫

だふ

coward

鰥

やもめ

widower