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Japanese
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| 奧さん (kyūjitai)
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Etymology
From 奥様 (okusama); equivalent to 奥 (oku) + さん (san).
Pronunciation
Noun
奥さん • (okusan)
- (honorific) wife (referring to someone else's wife, not one's own)
- married woman
Synonyms
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN