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hūn
    hun1
hun
 kon
    こん

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Wedding
to marry; marriage; wedding; to take a wife
(suffix) marriage


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ài
    ai4
ai
 rui
    るい

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Love
to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do something); to tend to (happen)
(n,n-suf) (1) (See 愛する) love; affection; care; (2) {Buddh} attachment; craving; desire; (3) {Christn} (See アガペー・1) agape; (4) (abbreviation) Ireland; (female given name) Rui
kāma; rāga. Love, affection, desire; also used for tṛṣṇā, thirst, avidity, desire, one of the twelve nidānas. It is intp. as 貪 coveting, and 染著 defiling attachment; also defined as defiling love like that toward wife and children, and undefiling love like that toward one's teachers and elders.


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qìng
    qing4
ch`ing
    ching
 yoshimi
    よしみ

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Kean
parents-in-law of one's offspring
(1) (ant: 疎・そ・2) intimacy; closeness; friendliness; (2) close relative; (prefix) (3) (See 親米) pro- (e.g. pro-American); (personal name) Yoshimi
Personally related, own, intimate; family; a wife, marriage.

夫人

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fū ren
    fu1 ren5
fu jen
 fujin(p); bunin(ok); hashikashi(ok)
    ふじん(P); ぶにん(ok); はしかし(ok)

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Fujin
lady; madam; Mrs.; CL:位[wei4]
(1) (ふじん, はしかし only) (honorific or respectful language) wife; Mrs; madam; (2) (ふじん only) (archaism) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (3) (ふじん, ぶにん only) (archaism) consort of the emperor
A wife; the wife of a king, i. e. a queen, devi.

夫婦


夫妇

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fū fù
    fu1 fu4
fu fu
 fuufu(p); meoto; myouto / fufu(p); meoto; myoto
    ふうふ(P); めおと; みょうと

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Husband and Wife
a (married) couple; husband and wife; CL:對|对[dui4]
(1) married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; (prefix noun) (2) (めおと only) (See 夫婦茶碗) his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
husband and wife

赫拉

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hè lā
    he4 la1
ho la

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Hera
Hera (wife of Zeus)

あーた

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 aata / ata
    あーた
(pronoun) (slang) (used by a wife addressing her husband) (See あんた) you

阿伊莎

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ā yī shā
    a1 yi1 sha1
a i sha

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Ayesha
Ayshe, Aise or Ayesha (name); Aishah bint Abi Bakr (c. 614-678), youngest wife of prophet Mohamed 穆罕默德[Mu4 han3 mo4 de2]

河東獅吼


河东狮吼

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hé dōng shī hǒu
    he2 dong1 shi1 hou3
ho tung shih hou

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The Roar of the Lioness
lit. the lioness from Hedong roars (idiom); fig. refers to a shrewish wife or a henpecked husband

釋迦牟尼


释迦牟尼

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shì jiā móu ní
    shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2
shih chia mou ni
 Shakamuni

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Shakyamuni / The Buddha
Shakyamuni (Sanskrit for "the Sage of the Shakyas", i.e. the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama)
釋迦文 (釋迦文尼); 釋伽文 Śākyamuni, the saint of the Śākya tribe. muni is saint, holy man, sage, ascetic monk; it is: intp. as 仁 benevolent, charitable, kind, also as 寂默 one who dwells in seclusion. After '500 or 550' previous incarnations, Śākyamuni finally attained to the state of Bodhisattva, was born in the Tuṣita heaven, and descended as a white elephant, through her right side, into the womb of the immaculate Māyā, the purest woman on earth; this was on the 8th day of the 4th month; next year on the 8th day of the 2nd month he was born from her right side painlessly as she stood under a tree in the Lumbinī garden. For the subsequent miraculous events v. Eitel. also the 神通遊戲經 (Lalitavistara), the 釋迦如來成道記, etc. Simpler statements say that he was born the son of Śuddhodana, of the kṣatriya caste, ruler of Kapilavastu, and Māyā his wife; that Māyā died seven days later, leaving him to be brought up by her sister Prājapati; that in due course he was married to Yaśodharā who bore him a son, Rāhula; that in search of truth he left home, became an ascetic, severely disciplined himself, and finally at 35 years of age, under a tree, realized that the way of release from the chain of rebirth and death lay not in asceticism but in moral purity; this he explained first in his four dogmas, v. 四諦 and eightfold noble way 八正道, later amplified and developed in many sermons. He founded his community on the basis of poverty, chastity, and insight or meditation, ad it became known as Buddhism, as he became known as Buddha, the enlightened. His death was probably in or near 487 B.C., a few years before that of Confucius in 479. The sacerdotal name of his family is Gautama, said to be the original name of the whole clan, Śākya being that of his branch, v. 瞿, 喬.; his personal name was Siddhārtha, or Sarvārthasiddha, v. 悉.

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sǎo
    sao3
sao
 aniyome
    あによめ
(bound form) older brother's wife; sister-in-law
elder brother's wife; sister-in-law

丈人

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zhàng rén
    zhang4 ren2
chang jen
 takehito
    たけひと
wife's father (father-in-law); old man
(1) (honorific or respectful language) elder; senior; (2) wife's father; father-in-law; (given name) Takehito

丈母

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zhàng mǔ
    zhang4 mu3
chang mu
 joubo / jobo
    じょうぼ
wife's mother; mother-in-law
(See しゅうとめ) wife's mother; mother-in-law

三族

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sān zú
    san1 zu2
san tsu
 sanzoku
    さんぞく
(old) three generations (father, self and sons); three clans (your own, your mother's, your wife's)
three types of relatives (e.g. father, children and grandchildren; parents, siblings, wife and children; etc.)

人妻

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rén qī
    ren2 qi1
jen ch`i
    jen chi
 hitozuma
    ひとづま
married woman; wife (as a social role)
(1) married woman; (2) another's wife

伉儷


伉俪

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kàng lì
    kang4 li4
k`ang li
    kang li
 kourei / kore
    こうれい
husband and wife (literary)
married couple; spouses; husband and wife

前妻

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qián qī
    qian2 qi1
ch`ien ch`i
    chien chi
 zensai
    ぜんさい
ex-wife; late wife
(See 先妻) ex-wife; former wife; previous wife

太太

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tài tai
    tai4 tai5
t`ai t`ai
    tai tai
 taitai
    タイタイ
married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
wife (chi: tàitài)

夫妻

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fū qī
    fu1 qi1
fu ch`i
    fu chi
 fusai
    ふさい
husband and wife; married couple
(somewhat formal; not used for one's own family) husband and wife; married couple

妻子

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qī zi
    qi1 zi5
ch`i tzu
    chi tzu
 saiko
    さいこ
wife; CL:個|个[ge4]
(1) wife and children; (2) (さいし, めこ only) (archaism) wife; (female given name) Saiko
wife and children

妻室

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qī shì
    qi1 shi4
ch`i shih
    chi shih
 saishitsu
    さいしつ
wife
wife

娘子

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niáng zǐ
    niang2 zi3
niang tzu
 jouko / joko
    じょうこ
(dialect) form of address for one's wife; polite form of address for a woman
(archaism) girl; young (unmarried) woman; (1) (archaism) girl; young (unmarried) woman; (2) (grown) woman; lady; (3) (someone else's) wife; (female given name) Jōko

岳母

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yuè mǔ
    yue4 mu3
yüeh mu
 gakubo
    がくぼ
wife's mother, mother-in-law
(See しゅうとめ) wife's mother; mother-in-law

岳父

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yuè fù
    yue4 fu4
yüeh fu
 gakufu
    がくふ
wife's father, father-in-law
(man's) father-in-law; father of one's wife

正室

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zhèng shì
    zheng4 shi4
cheng shih
 masamuro
    まさむろ
primary wife (in contrast to concubine); legal wife
(1) (See 側室,本妻) legal wife (of a noble) (as opposed to a concubine); (2) (See 表座敷・おもてざしき) room for receiving guests; (3) (rare) heir; successor; (personal name) Masamuro

賢妻


贤妻

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xián qī
    xian2 qi1
hsien ch`i
    hsien chi
 kensai
    けんさい
(old) perfect wife; you, my beloved wife
wise (house)wife

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zhàng
    zhang4
chang
 masuo
    ますお
measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m); to measure; husband; polite appellation for an older male
(particle) (1) (kana only) only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; (particle) (2) (kana only) as much as; to the extent of; enough to; (given name) Masuo
Ten feet; an elder; a wife's parents; a husband.

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zuò
    zuo4
tso
 tooru
    とおる
to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner)
(given name) Tooru


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    li4
li
husband and wife

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 kakaa / kaka
    かかあ
    kaka
    かか
wife

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jìn
    jin4
chin
wife of mother's brother

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    mo4
mo
wife of the last ruler of the Xia dynasty

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    qi4
ch`i
    chi
 tsumasaki
    つまさき
to marry off (a daughter)
(See 妻・つま・1) one's wife; (surname) Tsumasaki
wife

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    si4
ssu
wife or senior concubine of husbands older brother (old); elder sister (old)

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niáng
    niang2
niang
 musume(p); ko
    むすめ(P); こ
mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate
(1) daughter; (2) girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
Lady, wife, mother, aunt.

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    di4
ti
wife of a younger brother

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    ju1
chü
 yome
    よめ
(feminine name); (star)
(1) wife; bride; (2) (one's) daughter-in-law

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    qu3
ch`ü
    chü
 shu
to take a wife; to marry (a woman)
marriage

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    po2
p`o
    po
 baba
    ばば
(bound form) grandmother; (bound form) matron; (bound form) mother-in-law; (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)
(1) (kana only) old woman; (2) (kana only) {cards} (See ババ抜き・1) joker (in old maid); (personal name) Baba
A dame, mother, wife, granny, crone ; translit. pa, ba, va, pha, bha, and similar labial sounds.


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    fu4
fu
 fu
    ふ
woman
(1) married woman; (2) woman; lady
A woman; a wife.

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jià
    jia4
chia
 yome
    よめ
(of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc)
(1) wife; bride; (2) (one's) daughter-in-law

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    di2
ti
(bound form) of or by the wife, as opposed to a concubine (contrasted with 庶[shu4])

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 kakaa / kaka
    かかあ
    kaka
    かか
wife


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shěn
    shen3
shen
wife of father's younger brother

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zhuǎn
    zhuan3
chuan
(Internet slang) the three 子's that symbolize success in life: a house, a car and a wife (房子[fang2 zi5], 車子|车子[che1 zi5] and 妻子[qi1 zi5]); (archaic) cautious; cowardly

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yuè
    yue4
yüeh
 dake
    だけ
wife's parents and paternal uncles
(n,suf) (1) peak; (2) mountain; (p,m) Dake

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pìn
    pin4
p`in
    pin
 mesu
    めす
    me
    め
(of a bird, animal or plant) female; keyhole; valley
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (kana only) female (animal); (n-pref,n-suf,n) (1) female; woman; (2) (archaism) wife

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juàn
    juan4
chüan
 ken
    けん
(bound form) one's family, esp. wife and children; (literary) to regard with love and affection; to feel concern for
(given name) Ken
Regard, love; wife; family; relatives; retainers.


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kǔn
    kun3
k`un
    kun
threshold; inner appartments; woman; wife (honorific)

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    ci2
tz`u
    tzu
 metori
    めとり
female; Taiwan pr. [ci1]
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (kana only) female (animal); (n-pref,n-suf,n) (1) female; woman; (2) (archaism) wife; (surname) Metori

お上

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 okami
    おかみ
(1) (honorific or respectful language) Emperor; (2) (honorific or respectful language) authorities; government; (3) term used to refer to a woman running a restaurant, inn, etc.; landlady; (4) (honorific or respectful language) your wife; his wife; madam

上様

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 uesama; uezama; kamisama
    うえさま; うえざま; かみさま
(1) emperor; shogun; (2) honored person (honoured); (3) (かみさま only) (polite language) (another person's) wife

上門


上门

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shàng mén
    shang4 men2
shang men
 joumon / jomon
    じょうもん
to drop in; to visit; to lock a door; (of a shop) to close; to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family
(See 門・もん・3) superphylum; (surname) Jōmon

世母

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shì mǔ
    shi4 mu3
shih mu
wife of father's elder brother (old)

二奶

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èr nǎi
    er4 nai3
erh nai
mistress; second wife; lover

五倫


五伦

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wǔ lún
    wu3 lun2
wu lun
 gorin
    ごりん
the five Confucian relationships (ruler-subject, father-son, brother-brother, husband-wife, friend-friend)
the five Confucian filial-piety relationships

亡妻

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 bousai / bosai
    ぼうさい
(See 亡夫) deceased wife; late wife

亡婦

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 boufu / bofu
    ぼうふ
deceased wife; deceased lady

令室

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 reishitsu / reshitsu
    れいしつ
(honorific or respectful language) your wife

令正

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lìng zhèng
    ling4 zheng4
ling cheng
(honorific) your wife

令閨

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 reikei / reke
    れいけい
(honorific or respectful language) (used mainly in letters) your wife; his wife; Mrs.

令閫


令阃

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lìng kǔn
    ling4 kun3
ling k`un
    ling kun
your wife (honorific)

休妻

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xiū qī
    xiu1 qi1
hsiu ch`i
    hsiu chi
to repudiate one's wife

伯母

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bó mǔ
    bo2 mu3
po mu
 uba
    うば
wife of father's elder brother; aunt; (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother); CL:個|个[ge4]
aunt; (surname) Uba

元妻

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 mototsuma
    もとつま
(See 元夫) ex-wife; former wife

元嫁

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 motoyome
    もとよめ
(one's) ex-wife; (one's) former wife

元配

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yuán pèi
    yuan2 pei4
yüan p`ei
    yüan pei
first wife

兄嫁

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 aniyome
    あによめ
elder brother's wife; sister-in-law

兄嫂

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xiōng sǎo
    xiong1 sao3
hsiung sao
elder brother and his wife

先妻

see styles
 sensai
    せんさい
former wife; late wife

先婦

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 senpu
    せんぷ
previous wife; late wife

先腹

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 sakibara; senpuku; senbara(ok)
    さきばら; せんぷく; せんばら(ok)
(1) (See 後腹・あとばら・3) child from an earlier wife; (2) (さきばら only) (See 追い腹) preceding one's master into death by committing ritual suicide (seppuku)

入壻

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 irimuko
    いりむこ
man who takes his wife's family name and marries into her family; man who is adopted by his wife's family

入夫

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 nyuufu / nyufu
    にゅうふ
(noun/participle) marrying into the wife's family

入婿

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 irimuko
    いりむこ
man who takes his wife's family name and marries into her family; man who is adopted by his wife's family

入聟

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 irimuko
    いりむこ
man who takes his wife's family name and marries into her family; man who is adopted by his wife's family

入贅


入赘

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rù zhuì
    ru4 zhui4
ju chui
to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family

內人


内人

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nèi rén
    nei4 ren2
nei jen
 nainin
my wife (humble)
superintendent of the gynaeceum or harem

內兄


内兄

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nèi xiōng
    nei4 xiong1
nei hsiung
wife's older brother

內弟


内弟

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nèi dì
    nei4 di4
nei ti
wife's younger brother

公婆

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gōng - pó
    gong1 - po2
kung - p`o
    kung - po
husband's parents; parents-in-law; (dialect) a couple; husband and wife

六親


六亲

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liù qīn
    liu4 qin1
liu ch`in
    liu chin
 rokushin
    ろくしん
six close relatives, namely: father 父[fu4], mother 母[mu3], older brothers 兄[xiong1], younger brothers 弟[di4], wife 妻[qi1], male children 子[zi3]; one's kin
the six blood relations
The six immediate relations— father and mother, wife and child, elder and younger brothers.

内儀

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 naigi
    ないぎ
one's wife; landlady; something secret or confidential; (surname) Naigi

内助

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 naijo
    ないじょ
wife's help

内妻

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 uchizuma
    うちづま
common-law wife; (place-name) Uchizuma

内室

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 uchimuro
    うちむろ
one's wife; (surname) Uchimuro

内方

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 uchikata
    うちかた
inside; your wife; (place-name, surname) Uchikata

冷宮


冷宫

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lěng gōng
    leng3 gong1
leng kung
(in literature and opera) a place to which a monarch banishes a wife or concubine who falls from favor; (fig.) the doghouse; a state of disfavor

分居

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fēn jū
    fen1 ju1
fen chü
to separate (married couple); to live apart (of husband and wife, family members)

前婦

see styles
 zenpu
    ぜんぷ
previous wife; late wife

匹偶

see styles
pǐ ǒu
    pi3 ou3
p`i ou
    pi ou
 hitsuguu / hitsugu
    ひつぐう
a married couple
(noun/participle) (1) (archaism) pair; couple (husband and wife); (2) (archaism) friend; comrade

十二

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shí èr
    shi2 er4
shih erh
 tooji
    とおじ
twelve; 12
12; twelve; (given name) Tooji
dvātriṃśa. Thirty-two. 三十二應 (or 三十二身) The thirty-two forms of Guanyin, and of Puxian, ranging from that of a Buddha to that of a man, a maid, a rakṣas; similar to the thirty-three forms named in the Lotus Sūtra. 三十二相三十二大人相 dvātriṃśadvaralakṣaṇa. The thirty-two lakṣaṇas, or physical marks of a cakravartī, or 'wheel-king', especially of the Buddha, i. e. level feet, thousand-spoke wheel-sign on feet, long slender fingers, pliant hands and feet, toes and fingers finely webbed, full-sized heels, arched insteps, thighs like a royal stag, hands reaching below the knees well-retracted male organ, height and stretch of arms equal, every hair-root dark coloured, body hair graceful and curly, golden-hued body, a 10 ft. halo around him, soft smooth skin, the 七處, i. e. two soles, two palms, two shoulders, and crown well rounded, below the armpits well-filled, lion-shaped body, erect, full shoulders, forty teeth, teeth white even and close, the four canine teeth pure white, lion-jawed, saliva improving the taste of all food, tongue long and broad, voice deep and resonant, eyes deep blue, eyelashes like a royal bull, a white ūrnā or curl between the eyebrows emitting light, an uṣṇīṣa or fleshy protuberance on the crown. These are from the 三藏法數 48, with which the 智度論 4, 涅盤經 28, 中阿含經, 三十ニ相經 generally agree. The 無量義經 has a different list. 三十二相經 The eleventh chapter of the 阿含經. 三十二相經願 The twenty-first of Amitābha's vows, v. 無量壽經. 三十三 trayastriṃśat. Thirty-three. 三十三天忉利天; 憺梨天, 多羅夜登陵舍; 憺利夜登陵奢; 憺利耶憺利奢 Trayastriṃśas. The Indra heaven, the second of the six heavens of form. Its capital is situated on the summit of Mt. Sumeru, where Indra rules over his thirty-two devas, who reside on thirty-two peaks of Sumeru, eight in each of the four directons. Indra's capital is called 殊勝 Sudarśana, 喜見城 Joy-view city. Its people are a yojana in height, each one's clothing weighs 六鐵 (1; 4 oz. ), and they live 1, 000 years, a day and night being equal to 100 earthly years. Eitel says Indra's heaven 'tallies in all its details with the Svarga of Brahminic mythology' and suggests that 'the whole myth may have an astronomical meaning', or be connected, with 'the atmosphere with its phenomena, which strengthens Koeppen's hypothesis explaining the number thirty-three as referring to the eight Vasus, eleven Rudras, twelve Ādityas, and two Aśvins of Vedic mythology'. In his palace called Vaijayanta 'Indra is enthroned with 1, 000 eyes with four arms grasping the vajra. There he revels in numberless sensual pleasures together with his wife Śacī... and with 119, 000 concubines with whom he associates by means of transformation'.; dvādaśa, twelve.

原配

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yuán pèi
    yuan2 pei4
yüan p`ei
    yüan pei
first wife

叔婆

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shū pó
    shu1 po2
shu p`o
    shu po
aunt by marriage; husband's aunt; husband's father's younger brother's wife

叔岳

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shū yuè
    shu1 yue4
shu yüeh
wife's uncle

叔母

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shū mǔ
    shu1 mu3
shu mu
 shukubo
    しゅくぼ
    oba
    おば
aunt; wife of father's younger brother
aunt

取る

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 toru
    とる
(transitive verb) (1) to take; to pick up; to grab; to catch; to hold; (transitive verb) (2) to pass; to hand; to give; (transitive verb) (3) to get; to obtain; to acquire; to win; to receive; to earn; to take (e.g. a vacation); (transitive verb) (4) to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, attitude, etc.); to choose; (transitive verb) (5) to remove; to get rid of; to take off; (transitive verb) (6) to take away; to steal; to rob; (transitive verb) (7) (See 摂る) to eat; to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins); (transitive verb) (8) to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather; to extract (e.g. juice); to catch (e.g. fish); to harvest (a crop); (transitive verb) (9) to take up (time, space); to occupy; to spare; to set aside; (transitive verb) (10) to secure; to reserve; to save; to put aside; to keep; (transitive verb) (11) to take (e.g. a joke); to interpret; to understand; to make out; to grasp; (transitive verb) (12) to record; to take down; (transitive verb) (13) to subscribe to (e.g. a newspaper); to take; to buy; to get; (transitive verb) (14) to order; to have delivered; (transitive verb) (15) to charge; to fine; to take (tax); (transitive verb) (16) to take (e.g. a wife); to take on (e.g. an apprentice); to adopt; to accept; (transitive verb) (17) to take control of; to take (the rudder); (transitive verb) (18) to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play

口子

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kǒu zi
    kou3 zi5
k`ou tzu
    kou tzu
 kuchiko
    くちこ
hole; opening; cut; gap; gash; my husband or wife; classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc); precedent
{food} (See 海鼠子) dried sea-cucumber ovaries

合葬

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hé zàng
    he2 zang4
ho tsang
 gassou; gousou / gasso; goso
    がっそう; ごうそう
to bury husband and wife together; joint interment
(noun/participle) joint burial; group burial; burying together

同妻

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tóng qī
    tong2 qi1
t`ung ch`i
    tung chi
(neologism c. 2009) wife of a gay man (the man may marry to conform with social expectations, and the woman often enters the marriage not knowing he is gay)

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