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

  1. wife (esp. one's own wife)
  2. woman (esp. as a love interest)
  3. court lady
  4. female court attache
  5. 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

2 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Antonyms 亭主 Rank 120 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

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女性化乳房

じょせいかにゅうぼう

gynecomastia

女房役

にょうぼうやく

assistant

女房学校

にょうぼうがっこう

The School For Wives

女房言葉

にょうぼうことば

secret language of court ladies (Muromachi period)

女房天下

にょうぼうてんか

husband being henpecked

女房もち

にょうぼうもち

married man

女房孝行

にょうぼうこうこう

being devoted to one's wife

女房装束

にょうぼうしょうぞく

costume for women serving in the inner palace (Heian period)

押しかけ女房

おしかけにょうぼう

woman who forced her husband into marriage

世話女房

せわにょうぼう

perfectly dedicated wife

側女房

そばにょうぼう

mistress

Example Sentences

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I lost my wife last year.

I lied constantly to my wife.

I met my wife at a mixer party.

She became, in other words, a good wife.

My wife started to work as a female reporter for the newspaper Yomiuri.

One day, I came back and my wife and one of my friends were inside the kotatsu.