奥さん

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
奥
おく Grade: S
goon

Alternative spelling
奧さん (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

From 奥様(おくさま) (okusama); equivalent to 奥(おく) (oku) + さん (san).

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) おくさん [óꜜkùsàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [o̞kɯ̟̊ᵝsã̠ɴ]

Noun edit

奥(おく)さん • (okusan)

(honorific) wife (referring to someone else's wife, not one's own)
married woman

Synonyms edit

奥(おく)様(さま) (okusama)
妻(つま) (tsuma), 家(か)内(ない) (kanai)

References edit

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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