Definition of 女房 (にょうぼう)

にょうぼ

女房

にょうぼう

nyoubou

noun
1.
wife (esp. one's own wife)
2.
court lady, female court attache, woman who served at the imperial palace(only relevant for にょうぼう and にゅうぼう)
3.
woman (esp. as a love interest)(archaism)(only relevant for にょうぼう and にゅうぼう)
Other readings:
女房【にょうぼ】
女房【にゅうぼう】[1]
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Related Kanji
woman, female
tassel, tuft, fringe, bunch, lock (hair), segment (orange), house, room
Example sentences(showing 14 results)

きょねん
去年
にょうぼ
女房
I lost my wife last year

にょうぼ
女房
わる
悪さ
ろくじゅ
六十
ねん
さく
不作
A bad wife is the shipwreck of her husband

Were you shouting at my wife

Knowing very well that his wife wanted to go to a movie, the husband, who was a dog in the manger, cooked up a scheme whereby they had to stay at home waiting for a certain visitor who was not expected to come

かれ
ちょうえ
懲役
じゅ
ねん
にょうぼ
女房
さんねん
三年
けい
くだ
下った
He was given ten years and his wife three

にょうぼ
女房
とつぜん
突然
My wife burst into tears

ふう
夫婦
ともかせ
共かせぎ
ていしゅ
亭主
きゅうりょう
給料
にょうぼ
女房
きゅうりょう
給料
ひく
低い
ていしゅ
亭主
にょうぼ
女房
とうぜん
当然
He and his wife both work and his salary is lower than hers, so no wonder he is a hen-pecked husband

にょうぼ
女房
ていしゅ
亭主
しあ
幸せな
ひともの
独り者
はな
話して
ぶん
自分
もんだい
問題
にんしき
認識
Many times, a hen-pecked husband doesn't know his problems until he talks to a happy bachelor

いえ
にょうぼ
女房
ていしゅ
亭主
She wears the trousers in that house

ていしゅ
亭主
にょうぼ
女房
とうぜん
当然
No wonder he is a henpecked husband

いえ
かえ
帰った
おこ
怒った
にょうぼ
女房
ていしゅ
亭主
ほう
ていしゅ
亭主
The angry wife was on the warpath; she hit her husband with a broom for coming home late and drunk

我が家
にょうぼ
女房
さいひもにぎ
財布の紐を握っている
My wife holds the purse strings in our family

にょうぼ
女房
てんいん
店員
ひとまわちい
一回り小さい
My wife's hands are slightly smaller than the shop assistant's

かれ
にょうぼ
女房
He is a hen-pecked husband