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女房 (にょうぼう): wife — Japanese vocabulary

女房 is read にょうぼう and means "wife". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

女房

Reading
にょうぼう · nyoubou
Translation
wife
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
にょうぼうが

Example

去年、女房に死なれたんだよ。

きょねん、にょうぼうにしなれたんだよ。

I lost my wife last year.

Kanji in this word

  • 女 — woman, female
  • 房 — Tassel, Tuft, Fringe

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