"夫妻" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ɸɯ̟sa̠i] Forms: 夫妻 [canonical] (ruby: (), (さい)), fusai [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|ふさい}} 夫(ふ)妻(さい) • (fusai)
  1. a married couple, husband and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Synonyms: 夫婦
    Sense id: en-夫妻-ja-noun-wXF8zWlW Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 93 7 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 91 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 84 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 92 8 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Family Disambiguation of Family: 0 0

Noun

IPA: [o̞to̞me̞] Forms: 夫妻 [canonical] (ruby: 夫妻(おとめ)), otome [romanization], wotome [romanization], をとめ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Sound change from をひと (男人) め (妻). Head templates: {{ja-noun|おとめ|hhira=をとめ}} 夫妻(おとめ) • (otome) ^(←をとめ (wotome)?)
  1. husband and wife
    Sense id: en-夫妻-ja-noun-ouRii7uY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): Family Disambiguation of Family: 0 0
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          "english": "Mr. and Mrs. Yamada will come home next month",
          "roman": "Yamada fusai wa raigetsu kikoku shimasu",
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              "山",
              "やま"
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              "田夫",
              "だふ"
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            ],
            [
              "来月",
              "らいげつ"
            ],
            [
              "帰",
              "き"
            ],
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              "国",
              "こく"
            ]
          ],
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Download raw JSONL data for 夫妻 meaning in Japanese (3.0kB)

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