ワイフ

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Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English wife.[1][2]

First cited to a text from 1860.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

ワイフ • (waifu) 

  1. (informal) wife

Synonyms

Descendants

  • → English: waifu

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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