嫁【よめ】
Frequency rank: 3,156. – 3,157.
- wife; bride
- (one's) daughter-in-law
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- wife; bride
- (one's) daughter-in-law
This usage refers to a woman who is married or about to be married. It is a term that conveys the relationship one has with their spouse or future spouse.
This meaning refers to the wife of one's child, indicating a familial relationship. It commonly reflects the role within a family after a child gets married.
Generated collocations (experimental)
よめ嫁をもらうto take a wifeよめしゅうとめ嫁姑もんだい問題mother-in-law and daughter-in-law issuesよめいり嫁入りbride's journey to her husband's homeよめ嫁がくる来るthe bride comesよめにいく嫁に行くto get married (often used for women)ぎり義理のよめ嫁daughter-in-law by marriageよめ嫁のじっか実家the bride's parental homeよめ嫁としゅうとめ姑mother-in-law and daughter-in-lawよめ嫁のともだち友達the bride's friendsわかい若いよめ嫁young bride
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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My husband has two older brothers. (That's right, I'm a third-son's wife)
In all times and places many examples of poor relations between wives and mothers-in-law can be seen.
Tom's new wife is younger than his daughter from his first marriage.
For the time being, Tom is living in Australia, and his wife is living in New Zealand.