人妻

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Chinese

man; person; people wife; to marry off (a daughter)
trad. (人妻) 人 妻
simp. #(人妻) 人 妻

Pronunciation

Noun

人妻

  1. (another person's) wife; married woman
    幸福人妻  ―  xìngfú rénqī  ―  happily married woman
    已成人妻  ―  yǐ chéng rénqī  ―  (of a woman) to be already married

Usage notes

In modern times, this term is sometimes considered to have sexual connotations.

Coordinate terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
人 妻
ひと
Grade: 1 		つま > づま
Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

From 人(ひと) (hito, “person”) + 妻(つま) (tsuma, “wife, spouse”).

The tsuma changes to zuma as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

人(ひと)妻(づま) • (hitozuma) 

  1. a married woman
  2. one's or other's wife
    Synonym: 妻 (tsuma)
  3. (obsolete) by extension of one's or other's spouse, one's or other's husband
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 13, poem 3314:
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      つぎねふ山背(やましろ)道(ぢ)を人夫(ひとづま)の馬(うま)より行(ゆ)くに己夫(おのづま)し徒歩(かち)より行(ゆ)けば見(み)るごとに音(ね)のみし泣(な)かゆそこ思(おも)ふに心(こころ)し痛(いた)したらちねの母(はは)が形(かた)見(み)と我(わ)が持(も)てるまそみ鏡(かがみ)に蜻蛉(あきづ)領巾(ひれ)負(お)ひ並(な)め持(も)ちて馬(うま)買(か)へ我(わ)が背(せ)
      tsuginefu Yamashiro-ji o hitozuma no uma yori yuku ni onozumashi kachi yori yukeba miru-goto ni ne-nomi shi nakayu soko omou ni kokoro shi itashi tarachine no haha ga katami to waga moteru masomi-kagami ni akizuhire oiname mochite umakae wagase
      Down the highway to peak-strung Yamashiro other husbands go mounted on their horses' backs, but my own husband trudges down that road on foot. Each time I see him sobs come welling from my throat; when I think of it my heart is sore within me. Take then the keepsake of my mother who fed me the milk of her breasts, this flawless-fine mirror she left me, and my dragonfly scarves--pack them up and take them away, go and buy a horse, my love.[2]

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Edwin A. Cranston (1998) The Gem-Glistening Cup, illustrated edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 721
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