糟糠の妻

Japanese

Kanji in this term
糟	糠	妻

Etymology

• From Middle Chinese: 糟糠之妻

Proverb

糟糠の妻 (hiragana そうこうのつま, romaji sōkō no tsuma)

• (literally, A wife married to meals of bran and pickles) In marriage, poverty is the test of true love.

References

• The Kōjien (広辞苑) Dictionary of the Japanese Language, 5th edition, Iwanami Shoten Publishing, Tokyo.