Word Meaning

さい sai

妻 is read as さい (sai) and means one's wife.

Meaning

English

  1. one's wife

Reading

Kana

さい

Romaji

sai

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 8 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Antonyms , Related Words 家内,,嫁さん,女房,上さん,おかみさん,お上さん,初恋 Rank 125985 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

妻子

めこ

wife

後妻

ごさい

second wife

夫妻

ふさい

husband and wife

良妻

りょうさい

good wife

人妻

ひとづま

another's wife

新妻

にいづま

new wife

先妻

せんさい

former wife

愛妻

あいさい

beloved wife

妻帯

さいたい

having a wife

稲妻

いなずま

lightning

団地妻

だんちづま

apartment wife (esp. one who spends a lot of time alone while her husband is at work)

大妻女子大学短期大学部

おおつまじょしだいがくたんきだいがくぶ

Ōtsuma Women's University Junior College Division

Example Sentences

10

かれはつまとふたりでくらしている。

He lives alone with his wife.

つまはいしゃです。

My wife is a doctor.

きょうはつまのたんじょうびだ。

Today is my wife's birthday.

つまにえきまでむかえにきてもらった。

My wife came to pick me up at the station.

つまとはだいがくでしりあった。

I met my wife at university.

つまがいれてくれたおちゃはおいしい。

The tea my wife made is delicious.

かれはつまのはなしをよくする。

He often talks about his wife.

しゅっちょうのあいだ、まいばんつまにでんわした。

During the business trip, I called my wife every night.

つまもそのけいかくにさんせいしてくれた。

My wife also agreed with the plan.

She's my wife.