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奥さん (おくさん): (someone else's) wife (hon.) — Japanese vocabulary

奥さん is read おくさん and means "(someone else's) wife (hon.)". JLPT N5 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

奥さん

Reading
おくさん · okusan
Translation
(someone else's) wife (hon.)
Level
JLPT N5
Pitch accent
おくさんが

Example

田中さんの奥さんは先生です。

たなかさんのおくさんはせんせいです。

Mr. Tanaka's wife is a teacher.

Kanji in this word

  • 奥 — interior, deep

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