Word Meaning 女房天下

にょうぼうてんか nyouboutenka

女房天下 is read as にょうぼうてんか (nyouboutenka) and means husband being henpecked.

Meaning

English

  1. husband being henpecked
  2. house where the wife is the boss
  3. petticoat government

Reading

Kana

にょうぼうてんか

Romaji

nyouboutenka

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 41588 Priority G

Related Vocabulary

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女房

にょうぼ

wife (esp. one's own wife)

女房役

にょうぼうやく

assistant

女性天皇

じょせいてんのう

female emperor (of Japan)

女房学校

にょうぼうがっこう

The School For Wives

女系天皇

じょけいてんのう

matrilineal emperor of Japan

女房もち

にょうぼうもち

married man

女性化乳房

じょせいかにゅうぼう

gynecomastia

女房孝行

にょうぼうこうこう

being devoted to one's wife

女房と畳は新しい方がいい

にょうぼうとたたみはあたらしいほうがいい

wives and tatami mats are best when new

女房装束

にょうぼうしょうぞく

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

女房詞

にょうぼうことば

secret language of court ladies (Muromachi period)

天皇陛下

てんのうへいか

His Majesty the Emperor