Word Meaning 糟糠の妻

そうこうのつま soukou no tsuma

糟糠の妻 is read as そうこうのつま (soukou no tsuma) and means one's devoted wife.

Meaning

English

  1. one's devoted wife
  2. wife who has followed one through hard times
  3. wife married in poverty

Reading

Kana

そうこうのつま

Romaji

soukou no tsuma

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 43 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 準1級 Proverb Rank 152866 Priority Y

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

糟糠

そうこう

chaff and bran

稲妻

いなずま

lightning

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

新妻

にいづま

new wife

先妻

せんさい

former wife

愛妻

あいさい

beloved wife

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)

外人妻

がいじんづま

foreign wife