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姉さん女房

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 姉さん女房.

Dictionary

Entry

姉さん女房ねさんにょうぼうNounFreq #87716
1

Colloquial

wife who is older than her husband

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

elder sister

8 strokesFrequency 1,473JLPT N3Grade 2

On

Kun

あねはは

woman, female

3 strokesFrequency 151JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ジョニョニョウ

Kun

おんな

Nanori

おなつき

tassel, tuft, fringe, bunch, lock (hair), segment (orange), house, room

8 strokesFrequency 808JLPT N1Grade 8

On

ボウ

Kun

ふさ

Nanori

のぶ

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