夫婦

Japanese

Kanji in this term
夫	婦

Noun

夫婦 (hiragana ふうふ, romaji fūfu)

1. husband and wife, married couple, spouses, couple, pair
   • その夫婦は幸福な生活を送った

     そのふうふはこうふくなせいかつをおくった

     sono fūfu wa kōfukuna seikatsu o okutta

     The couple led a happy life

Derived terms

夫婦の道 (fūfu no machi) 夫婦の和 (fūfu no wa) 夫婦円満 (fūfuenman) 夫婦間 (fūfukan) 夫婦関係 (fūfukankei) 夫婦喧嘩 (fūfugenka) 夫婦生活 (fūfuseikatsu) 夫婦共稼ぎ (fūfutomokasegi) 夫婦仲 (fūfunaka) 夫婦別れ (fūfuwakare)

夫婦別姓 (fūfubessei) 夫婦約束 (fūfuyakusoku) 夫婦養子 (fūfuyōshi) 夫婦連れ (fūfudzure) 夫婦茶碗 (meotochawan) 仮面夫婦 (kamenfūfu) 熟年夫婦 (jukunenfūfu) 蚤の夫婦 (nomi no fūfu) 老夫婦 (rōfūfu) 若夫婦 (wakafūfu)

Idioms

• おしどり夫婦

  おしどりふうふ

  oshidori fūfu

  loving couple, couple of lovebirds, happily married couple; (literal) couple of ducks

• 夫婦気取り

  めおときどり

  meoto kidori

  behaving as if they were a married couple; (literal) assume airs of a married couple

• 夫婦の縁を結ぶ

  ふうふのえんをむすぶ

  fūfu no en o musubu

  get married; (literal) tie the bonds of husband and wife

• 夫婦の仲を裂く

  ふうふのなかをさく

  fūfu no naka o saku

  bring about marital separation; (literal) split the relationship of husband and wife

Synonyms

• 夫妻

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Mandarin

simpl.		夫妇
trad.		夫婦

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ fu˥˥fu˥˩ ]

Noun

夫婦 (traditional, Pinyin fūfù, simplified 夫妇)

1. (Advanced Mandarin) husband and wife; a couple

References

• "夫婦" (in Mandarin/English), Pleco Dictionary. URL accessed on 2011-09-24.
• "夫婦" (in Mandarin/English), Dr. eye. URL accessed on 2011-09-24.