奥さん
Japanese
Kanji
in this term
奥
おく
Grade: S
on’yomi
Etymology
From
奥様
(
おくさま
)
(
okusama
)
; equivalent to
奥
(
おく
)
(
oku
)
+
さん
.
Pronunciation
(
Tokyo
)
お
く
さん
[óꜜk
ù
sàǹ]
(
Atamadaka
– [1])
[1]
IPA
(key)
:
[o̞kɯ̟̊ᵝsã̠ɴ]
Noun
奥さん
(
hiragana
おくさん
,
rōmaji
okusan
)
(
honorific
)
wife
(
referring to someone else's wife, not one's own
)
married
woman
Synonyms
奥様
(
おくさま
)
(
okusama
)
妻
(
つま
)
(
tsuma
)
,
家内
(
かない
)
(
kanai
)
References
2006
,
大辞林
(
Daijirin
)
, Third Edition (in Japanese),
Tōkyō
:
Sanseidō
, →ISBN
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