夫婦

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See also: 夫妇

Chinese

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husband; man woman
trad. (夫婦)
simp. (夫妇)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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夫婦

  1. (collective) husband and wife; married couple (Classifier: m)

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
ふう
Grade: 4

Grade: 5
kan'yōon

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ふう)() (fūfu

  1. husband and wife, married couple, spouses, couple, pair
    Synonym: 夫妻 (fusai)
    その(ふう)()幸福(こうふく)生活(せいかつ)(おく)った。
    Sono fūfu wa kōfuku na seikatsu o okutta.
    The couple led a happy life.
Usage notes
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Kanji that are used in this term mean husband and wife. In referring to same-sex married couple, it is occasionally written in hiragana ふうふ.

Derived terms
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Idioms
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
Grade: 4 Grade: 5
irregular
Alternative spellings
妻夫
女夫

Pronunciation

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Noun

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夫婦(めおと) (meotoめをと (mewoto)?

  1. wife and husband
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
Grade: 4 Grade: 5
irregular
Alternative spellings
妻夫
女夫

Sound change from めおと.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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夫婦(みょうと) (myōtoめうと (meuto)?

  1. married woman and man, wife and husband

Etymology 4

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Kanji in this term
Grade: 4 Grade: 5
irregular
For pronunciation and definitions of 夫婦 – see the following entry.
夫妻おとめ
[noun] husband and wife
Alternative spelling
妻夫
(This term, 夫婦, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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夫婦 (bubu) (hangeul 부부)

  1. hanja form? of 부부 (couple, husband and wife)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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夫婦

  1. chữ Hán form of phu phụ (married couple).