Word Meaning

よめ yome

嫁 is read as よめ (yome) and means (one's) daughter-in-law.

Meaning

English

  1. (one's) daughter-in-law
  2. bride
  3. wife

Reading

Kana

よめ

Romaji

yome

Writing Variants

  • よめ yome
  • よめ yome
  • よめ yome

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Antonyms 婿・聟・壻, Related Words ,家内,嫁さん,女房,上さん,おかみさん,お上さん,主婦 Rank 5914 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

嫁ぐ

とつぐ

to have sexual intercourse

嫁入り

よめいり

marriage

嫁ぎ先

とつぎさき

family a woman has married into

花嫁

はなよめ

bride

転嫁

てんか

second marriage

責任転嫁

せきにんてんか

shifting the responsibility (for something) on to (someone)

Example Sentences

9

かのじょはうつくしいよめだ。

She is a beautiful bride.

かのじょはわたしのじまんのよめです。

She is my daughter-in-law whom I am proud of.

かのじょはさとうけにとついだ。

She married into the Sato family.

うちのよめはりょうりがじょうずだ。

My wife is good at cooking.

かれはしっぱいのせきにんをたにんにかした。

He shifted the responsibility for the failure onto others.

かれはよめをさがしている。

He is looking for a wife.

よめとしゅうとのかんけいはむずかしい。

The relationship between a daughter-in-law and a mother-in-law is difficult.

むすめがとおくにとついでいった。

My daughter married and moved far away.

かのじょはついによめにいった。

She finally got married.