夫

husband

married couple; husband and wife; man and wife

each; respectively

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb

devising (a way); contriving; inventing; thinking up; figuring out; coming up with; working out

device; design; idea; plan; invention

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb

dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

Sometimes じょうふ

healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable

Somewhat formal; not used for one's own family

husband and wife; married couple

high-ranking noh actor

head of a school of noh performance

Historical term

high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara; Edo period)

jōruri narrator; manzai narrator

female role actor in kabuki

太夫 only

lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank)

Historical term

head of a sarugaku troupe

senior priest at a Shinto shrine

(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand

to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)

countess

old couple; elderly couple

sailor; seaman

Sensitive

laborer (labourer); construction worker; coolie

good-looking man; fine figure of a man

conjugal relations; conjugal affection

great man; great god; hero; big man

high steward; grand master

woodcutter; lumberjack; logger

ordinary person

Buddhism

unenlightened person

male god; male deity

my spouse; my wife; my husband

ex-husband; former husband

rickshaw puller; rickshaw driver; rickshaw man

Colloquial; Pun on 主婦

househusband; stay-at-home dad