Word Meaning 嫡妻

ちゃくさい chakusai

嫡妻 is read as ちゃくさい (chakusai) and means one's legal wife.

Meaning

English

  1. one's legal wife
  2. legitimate wife

Reading

Kana

ちゃくさい

Romaji

chakusai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Antonyms 権妻 Rank 135553 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

嫡出

てきしゅつ

legitimate birth

嫡子

ちゃくし

legitimate child

嫡出推定

ちゃくしゅつすいてい

presumption of legitimacy

嫡出子

てきしゅつし

legitimate child

稲妻

いなずま

lightning

我が妻

わがつま

my spouse (esp. used to refer to one's wife)

内縁の妻

ないえんのつま

de facto wife

後妻

ごさい

second wife

夫妻

ふさい

husband and wife

つま

wife

良妻

りょうさい

good wife

人妻

ひとづま

another's wife

Example Sentences

1

かのじょはとうじのしょうぐんのちゃくせいでああった。

she was the legitimate wife of the shogun at that time.