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16 word matches found for '妻' using reading 'つま'
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Most common form:
noun
1. wife  (this meaning is restricted to form 妻)
2. my dear; dear; honey  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to form 妻, 夫)
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Most common form:
noun
1. edge; tip; end
2. gable wall  (see also: 妻壁)
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noun
1. wife and children
2. wife  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to reading さいし, めこ)
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noun
silvertip shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus, a requiem shark found throughout the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans)  (often written with kana only)
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noun
1. blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus, species of requiem shark mostly found in the Indo-Pacific)  (often written with kana only)
2. black tip  (original meaning; archaic)
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noun
Japanese traditional architectural style where the main entrance is on one or both of the gabled sides  (see also: 平入り)
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noun
ex-wife; former wife  (see also: 元夫)
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noun
status of wifehood
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noun
gable wall  (architecture term)
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expression
1. sashimi garnish
2. something of no significance; something that can easily be done without
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noun
type of marriage where the man merely visits his wife without living with her; duolocal marriage
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Most common form: 爪楊枝
noun
toothpick
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noun
de facto wife; common-law wife
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expression
one's devoted wife; wife who has followed one through hard times; wife married in poverty
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Most common form: 我が夫
expression, noun
my spouse (esp. used to refer to one's wife); my wife; my husband
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noun
1. (pair of) wooden doors in the interior of a home
2. door to a pavilion in a Heian period palace  (see also: 寝殿造)
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