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おくさん

Reading: おくさん

noun

ENwife (someone else's; polite)

HIपत्नी (आदर)

Section: 37. Common Nouns - Miscellaneous · Pitch: mora=4, drop=1

Common collocations

Examples

JA田中さんの おくさんは 先生です。
ENTanaka-san's wife is a teacher.
JA先生の おくさんも 先生です。
ENThe teacher's wife is also a teacher.
JAおくさんも コンサートに 行きますか。
ENWill your wife also go to the concert?

Often appears with

n5-001 · n5-002 · n5-003 · n5-004 · n5-005 · n5-006 · n5-007 · n5-008