人ひと妻づま

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

Neutral term for a woman who is married. Can be used in general statements or descriptions.

She is a married woman, but she continues to work.

2

someone else's wife; another man's wife

Often used when referring to a married woman in relation to someone other than her husband, sometimes with a nuance of unavailability or taboo.

〈人ひと〉が人ひと妻づまに恋こいをするfor someone to fall in love with a married woman
彼かれは人ひと妻づまに恋こいをしてしまった。
He ended up falling in love with a married woman.
人ひと妻づまと関かん係けいを持もつto have an affair with someone's wife
彼かれは人ひと妻づまと関かん係けいを持もっていることが分わかった。
It turned out he was having an affair with someone's wife.

既き婚こん者しゃN2sense 1
既婚者 is a formal, gender-neutral term for any married person, while 人妻 specifically means a married woman and often implies she belongs to another man.
奥おくさんN5sense 2
奥さん is a polite term used to address or refer respectfully to someone's wife, whereas 人妻 is a more descriptive, third-person word often carrying a taboo or romantic nuance.

独どく身しんN4sense 1
独身 means unmarried/single, the direct opposite of 人妻's state of being a married woman.

女にょう房ぼうN2sense 1
女房 refers to one's own wife (usually the speaker's), while 人妻 refers to a married woman in general, often someone else's wife.

Compound of 人 (hito, 'person') and 妻 (tsuma, 'wife'), with rendaku voicing of つま to づま. The literal meaning is 'a person's wife'.