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We found 8 words, 2 kanji, and 21 examples matching '女房'
Word search: 8 matches
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noun
1. wife (esp. one's own wife)
2. court lady; female court attache; woman who served at the imperial palace  (this meaning is restricted to reading にょうぼう, にゅうぼう)
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0
noun
assistant; right-hand man; subordinate; wifely role
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5
noun
secret language of court ladies (Muromachi period)
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0
noun
married man
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5
noun
husband being henpecked; house where the wife is the boss; petticoat government  (yojijukugo)
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Kanji search: 2 matches
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
ボウ   room   ふさ a tassle   
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コ   と door   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
corpse
ホウ   かた way, direction   
Example search: 21 matches
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にょうぼう
女房
たたみ
あたら
しい
ほう
がいい

Wives and tatami mats are better when new.
かれ
にょうぼう
女房
しり
かれている

He is a hen-pecked husband.
にょうぼう
女房
どなってたおまえさん
Were you shouting at my wife?
きょねん
去年
にょうぼう
女房
なれた

I lost my wife last year.
にょうぼう
女房
とつぜん
突然
した

My wife burst into tears.
 
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