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奥さん

おくさん

nounhonorific 尊敬語

Meanings

1(someone else's) wife (hon.)
2wife
3your wife
4his wife

Example sentence

田中さんの奥さんは英語の先生です。

たなかさんのおくさんはえいごのせんせいです。

Mr. Tanaka's wife is an English teacher.

Your sentences

Kanji in this word

奥Heart, Interior12 strokes

More words with 奥

奥おく · interiorN3 奥行きおくゆき · depth 奥様おくさま · wife 奥山おくやま · remote mountain 奥地おくち · interior 奥おく ·

Full entry on Jisho

inner part, interior, back, depths (e.g. of a forest), recesses (e.g. of a cave)

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