妻

How to remember it

A hand by a broom — the homemaker; now the humble word for one's own wife.

Example sentences

• 私の妻は料理が上手です。

  わたしのつまはりょうりがじょうずです。

  My wife is good at cooking.

• 妻は今大阪に住んでいます。

  つまはいまおおさかにすんでいます。

  My wife lives in Osaka now.

Usage

Humble: refers only to YOUR wife; for someone else's use 奥さん.

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