奥様

Japanese

Kanji in this term
奥	様
おく Grade: S	さま Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
奧樣 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

奥(おく) (oku, “inside the house; wife”) + 様(さま) (-sama, honorific suffix)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おくさま [óꜜkùsàmà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [o̞kɯ̟̊sa̠ma̠]

Noun

奥(おく)様(さま) • (okusama)

(honorific) wife; madam

Synonyms

妻(つま) (tsuma)
家(か)内(ない) (kanai)
奥(おく)さん (okusan)
上(かみ)さん (kamisan)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN