奥さん

Japanese

Kanji in this term
奥
おく Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
奧さん (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 奥様(おくさま) (okusama); equivalent to 奥(おく) (奥(おく)) +‎ さん.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) お​くさん [óꜜkùsàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [o̞kɯ̟̊ᵝsã̠ɴ]

Noun

奥(おく)さん • (okusan) 

1. (honorific) wife (referring to someone else's wife, not one's own)
2. married woman

Synonyms

• 奥(おく)様(さま) (okusama)
• 妻(つま) (tsuma), 家(か)内(ない) (kanai)