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にょうぼう 女房

a wife 《《複数形》 wives》 ⇒つま^１

女房のしりに敷かれる

be dominated by one's wife

be (completely) under one's wife's thumb

be tied to one's wife's apron strings

女房のしりに敷かれた夫

a hen‐pecked husband

女房に甘い夫

a doting [【形式ばった表現】 an uxorious] husband

用例

彼女は姉さん女房でしかも彼の恋女房だ. She is older than her husband, and what's more he married her for love.

女房運

女房運が悪い

〈悪妻に悩む〉 be cursed with a bad wife

〈妻に何度も先立たれたりする〉 have no luck with wives

女房孝行

女房孝行の夫

⇒女房に甘い夫.

女房言葉

the language of court ladies in former times

女房面

女房面をする

act like somebody's wife

behave as if she were somebody's wife

女房持ち

a married man

女房役

one's right‐hand man

用例

彼は社長のよき女房役として会社の繁栄を支えてきました. He has assisted the president as his faithful and reliable helpmate to further the prosperity of the company.

斎藤和英大辞典

女房

読み方 にょうぼう

名詞

A wife:（こっけいに言えば）one's better half

用例

女房を持つ、女房を貰う
to take a wife―get oneself a wife―get married

女房にする
to make a woman one's wife―take a woman to wife―marry a woman

あの人は支那人を女房にしている
He has a Chinese for a wife―He is married to a Chinese woman.

天下晴れての女房
a lawful wife―a wedded wife―an honest woman

天下晴れての女房にするがよい
You ought to make an honest woman of her.

天下晴れての女房になりました
I am made an honest woman of.

恋女房
the wife of one's bosom

世話女房
a good housewife―a notable woman

女房は家の宝
“A good wife is a household treasure.”

悪い女房は六十年の不作
A bad wife is a lifelong dearth.

持つべきものは女房なり
What a blessing is a wife!

女房を一人守っていりゃ無事だ
It is safe to cleave to one wife.

女房は台所から貰え
Take your wife from a poor family.

彼は女房に稼がせて食っている
He lives on his wife's earnings.

彼は女房の尻に敷かれている
He is henpecked―tied to his wife's apron-strings.

女房を打つ
to beat one's wife

彼は女房孝行だ
He is an uxorious husband.

隣りの女房は美しい
“Variety is the mother of enjoyment.”

女房と畳の表は新しいのが好い
A new wife and new matting make a new home.

女房と鍋釜は古いほど好い
An old wife and old kitchen-utensils （are best）.

丸太でも女房は女房
Let her be a wife if she be a log.

JMdict

女房

読み方：にょうぼう

(1)

（名詞） wife

(2)

court lady; female court attache; woman who served at the imperial palace

JST科学技術用語日英対訳辞書

女房

wife

日本語WordNet(英和)

女房

【名詞】

1 old lady

あなた自身の妻

(your own wife)

meet my old lady 私の妻に会う

2 married woman, wife

結婚している女性

(a married woman)

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女房

読み方 ニョウボウ

wife