奥さん

Japanese

Kanji in this term
奥
おく
Grade: S
goon
Alternative spelling
奧さん (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

奥(おく)さん • (okusan) 

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

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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