にょうぼう

Common word

  1. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    wife (esp. one's own wife)

    • 女房の手は店員さんより一回り小さい。
      My wife's hands are slightly smaller than the shop assistant's.
  2. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    court lady, female court attache, woman who served at the imperial palace

  3. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    woman (esp. as a love interest)
    archaic