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Kotomora

嫁

marry into, bride

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes13

Readings

On'yomi

  • カ

Kun'yomi

  • よめ
  • とつ.ぐ
  • い.く
  • ゆ.く

Meaning

嫁 centers on a woman entering a new household through marriage: a bride who marries into a family.

Most common words using 嫁

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  • 嫁よめ
    N2

    bride

  • 花嫁はなよめ
    N2

    bride

  • 嫁さんよめさん

    wife

  • 転嫁てんか
    N1

    imputation; shifting (blame, responsibility, etc.); passing the buck

  • 嫁ぐとつぐ
    N1

    to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)

  • 嫁入りよめいり

    marriage; wedding

  • 兄嫁あによめ

    elder brother's wife; sister-in-law

  • 許嫁いいなずけ

    fiancé; fiancée

  • 狐の嫁入りきつねのよめいり

    rain shower while the sun shines; sun shower

  • 嫁ぎ先とつぎさき

    family a woman has married into

  • 責任転嫁せきにんてんか

    shifting the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); passing the buck

  • お嫁さんおよめさん

    wife

  • ねずみの嫁入りねずみのよめいり

    The Mouse's Marriage; The Mouse's Wedding

  • 元嫁もとよめ

    (one's) ex-wife; (one's) former wife

  • 再嫁さいか

    remarriage (of a woman)

  • 写真花嫁しゃしんはなよめ

    picture bride

  • 嫁いびりよめいびり

    bullying a young wife

  • 嫁が君よめがきみ

    mouse

  • 嫁が笠よめがかさ

    Cellana toreuma (species of limpet)

  • 嫁が笠貝よめがかさがい

    Cellana toreuma (species of limpet)

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Etymology

嫁 combines 女 (woman) with 家 (house), suggesting a woman going to a new house as a bride.

Meaning mnemonic

A woman 女 moves into a new house 家 as a bride. Picture a bride crossing the threshold of her new home.

Reading mnemonic

For カ, imagine a bride arriving at her new house in a car: car -> カ, and she marries into the family.