Word Meaning 女房役

にょうぼうやく nyoubouyaku

女房役 is read as にょうぼうやく (nyoubouyaku) and means assistant.

Meaning

English

  1. assistant
  2. right-hand man
  3. subordinate
  4. wifely role

Reading

Kana

にょうぼうやく

Romaji

nyoubouyaku

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 17409 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

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女役

おんなやく

occupation deemed fit for a woman

女房

にょうぼ

wife (esp. one's own wife)

女房学校

にょうぼうがっこう

The School For Wives

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)

押し掛け女房

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