Word Meaning 女房
にょうぼ
nyoubo
女房 is read as にょうぼ (nyoubo) and means wife (esp. one's own wife).
Meaning
English
- wife (esp. one's own wife)
- woman (esp. as a love interest)
- court lady
- female court attache
- woman who served at the imperial palace
Reading
Kana
にょうぼ
Romaji
nyoubo
Writing Variants
- 女房 にゅうぼう nyuubou
- 女房 にょうぼう nyoubou
Stroke Sequence
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Related Vocabulary
Max. 12Example Sentences
6去年、女房に死なれたんだよ。
I lost my wife last year.
女房にはしょっちゅう嘘をついてた。
I lied constantly to my wife.
女房とは、合コンで知り合ったんだよ。
I met my wife at a mixer party.
言い換えれば、彼女は良き女房になった。
She became, in other words, a good wife.
女房は婦人記者として、読売新聞へ勤める事になった。
My wife started to work as a female reporter for the newspaper Yomiuri.
ある日、私が戻ってくると、女房と、友人の某とが、炬燵の中に入っているのである。
One day, I came back and my wife and one of my friends were inside the kotatsu.
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