奥さん

Japanese

Kanji in this term
奥
おく Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

奥さん (hiragana おくさん, rōmaji okusan)

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

Synonyms

奥様 (おくさま) (okusama)
妻 (つま) (tsuma), 家内 (かない) (kanai)

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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