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How to say "wife" in Japanese

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つま
(noun) wife 妻 is usually used to refer to your own wife.
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わたし つま あい…して して あい…して います います
I love (my) wife.
つま 料理 りょうり 得意 とくい
(My) wife is (a) gifted cook.
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PSYCHO-PASS Sinners of the System - Trailer
つま 強く つよく 生きろ いきろ 伝えて つたえて くれ くれ
Tell my wife to live strongly.
A Little Bit of Happiness
つま むすめ 一人 ひとり いる いる
I have a wife and one daughter.
MOZU: Digest of Episodes 1-5
間違いなく まちがいなく つま です です
It's without a doubt, my wife.
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奥さん おくさん
(noun) wife Generally used to refer to someone else's wife.
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奥さん おくさん お元気ですか おげんきですか
Is (your) wife doing well?
田中 たなか さん さん 奥さん おくさん 若い わかい
Tanaka's wife is young.
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Which Cup Ramen Is the Best? - Part 3 of 3
つぎ 奥さん おくさん ランキング らんきんぐ 発表 はっぴょう たい たい 思います おもいます
next, I'd like to announce my wife's ranking.
Which Cup Ramen Is the Best? - Part 3 of 3
奥さん おくさん ランキング らんきんぐ だい
Fifth place in the wife's ranking is...
Which Cup Ramen Is the Best? - Part 3 of 3
奥さん おくさん ランキング らんきんぐ だい よん こちら こちら 佐野 さの ラーメン らあめん
Fourth place in the wife's ranking is this there. Sano ramen.
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お嫁さん およめさん
(noun) (none) (none) bride; wife
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ぼく お嫁さん およめさん 美しい うつくしい
My wife is beautiful.
彼女 かのじょ お嫁さん およめさん に…なりました なりました に…なりました
She became (a) bride.
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Folklore: The Snake Wife
わたし お嫁さん およめさん して して ください ください
Please make me (your) wife.
Folklore: The Snake Wife
お嫁さん およめさん には にわ 二つ ふたつ だけ だけ 不思議 ふしぎ こと こと ありました ありました
there were just two strange things about this woman.
Folklore: The Snake Wife
お嫁さん およめさん ひと つき 付きっ切り つきっきり 看病 かんびょう しました しました
and (his) wife constantly attended to (him) for a whole month and nursed (him) back to health.
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よめ
(noun) bride; wife
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早く はやく よめ 欲しい ほしい
(I) want to get (a) wife soon.
むすめ まだ まだ よめ 行って いって いない いない
(My) daughter hasn't gotten married (lit.: gone to be a bride) yet.
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Hinamatsuri Doll Display - Origins and Evolution
こちら こちら 道具類 どうぐるい 嫁入り よめいり 道具 どうぐ 表し あらわし よめ 行く いく とき 乗り物 のりもの など など 飾られて かざられて いる いる です です
The items here depict marital items, and the vehicle when going to get married is also decorated.
The Gourd Princess
瓜子姫 うりこひめ よめ もらう もらう ため ため お殿様 おとのさま かご かご 迎え むかえ 来た きた です です
(The) feudal lord's palanquin had come to receive Urikohime in order to have (her) as (his) bride.
The Gourd Princess
その その あまり あまり 美し うつくし お殿様 おとのさま よめ 欲しい ほしい 言って いって くる くる ほど ほど です です
(She) is so exceedingly beautiful that (a) feudal lord comes to tell (her that he) wants (her) to be (his) bride.
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女房 にょうぼう
(noun) wife
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うち うち 女房 にょうぼう です です
This is my wife.
女房 にょうぼう 怒られ おこられ そう そう
(I) might get scolded by (my) wife.
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The Library Book - Part 1 of 2
もと 女房 にょうぼう 呼び出された よびだされた から から って って めかしこむ めかしこむ ヤツ やつ なんて なんて いねえ いねえ
There's no guy who'd dress himself up after being called out by his ex-wife!
Mix - Trailer
女房 にょうぼう 知らない しらない おとこ 連れ つれ 込んで こんで 完全 かんぜん おれ 勘違い かんちがい
My wife brought a strange man back. It was a complete misunderstanding on my part.
The Child-Rearing Ghost
そして そして 赤ん坊 あかんぼう 捨てられた すてられた そば そば はか 見る みる おお おお これ これ この前 このまえ 死んだ しんだ 松吉 まつきち 女房 にょうぼう はか じゃ じゃ
Then, when (they) looked at (the) grave next to which (the) baby had been abandoned, "Oh, this is (the) grave of Matsukichi's wife who died recently!"
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