嫁
marry into, bride
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
20 of 56- 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)
Study
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.