also: おかみ
Only with reading ないぎ
Rare term for a secret meeting or the state of secrecy. Restricted to the reading ないぎ. Often replaced by 内議 in modern usage.
See also: 内議
The company president's wife is a very refined person.
I met your wife the other day.
The matter was kept secret.
Holding a secret meeting was not permitted.
More common spelling for 'secret meeting' or 'private discussion'. 内儀 with this meaning is rare and may be considered a variant.
Standard kanji form for the honorific 'wife' sense. Also used for the rare 'secret meeting' sense.
Alternate reading for the honorific 'wife' sense, restricted to this kanji form. Rare and somewhat old-fashioned.
Variant kanji form, less common than 内儀.
The kanji 内 (inside) and 儀 (ceremony, affair) combine to suggest 'internal affairs', which extended to 'wife' (the person who manages the household) and 'secret meeting' (internal discussion). The reading おかみ is a kun'yomi-based reading of the same characters.