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奥さん (おくさん) — (someone else's) wife (hon.) | JLPT N5 · Nihongo Circle

奥さん

おくさん

N5

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.

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Kanji in this word

奥Heart, Interior12 strokes

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