よめ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
嫁

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There are several theories, all of which analyse it as よ (yo) + 女(め) (me, “woman, female”). However, よ (yo) may be one of the following:

呼 (“to call out, invite”, in reference to welcoming the daughter-in-law as the son’s wife)
弱 (“weak”, in reference to the inferior position relative to the mother-in-law)
夜 (“night”, in reference to serving the husband at night)
良 (“good”)
吉 (“good luck”)

よめ • (yome)

bride
- 1984 February 20 [1982 September 15], Motoka Murakami, “父(と)っちゃより大(おお)きくの巻(まき) [Ah’ll Be Taller than Pa]”, in 六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)の剣(けん) [Musashi’s Sword], 6th edition, volume 8 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 62:
  
  六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)くん！私(わたくし)たちのこと忘(わす)れないで——‼
  Musashi-kun! Watakushi-tachi no koto wasure nai de——‼
  Musashi-kun! Don’t forget about us——‼
  おやぶーん、いつか帰(かえ)ってこいよ〰‼
  Oyabūn, itsuka kaette koi yo~‼
  Come see us someday, boss〰⁉
  もなみを……六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)くんのお嫁(よめ)さんさしてね〰〰‼
  Monami o…… Musashi-kun no o-yome-san sa shite ne~~‼
  When we grow up…… marry me, okaaay~!?
  (literally, “Make Monami…… Musashi-kun’s bride~!!”)
daughter in law
(archaic, now chiefly Kansai) wife
(Internet slang) waifu or husbando
Synonym: むこ (muko, “husbando”)

Coordinate term: むこ (muko, “husbando”)

Alternative spelling
読め

よめ • (yome)

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN