apartment wife; housewife living in a housing complex
Often carries a nuance of a wife who spends much time alone at home while her husband is at work, a common image in Japanese media.
The apartment wives were having tea at the community center in the afternoon.
As an apartment wife, she often spends the daytime alone.
主婦 is a general term for a housewife, while 団地妻 specifies the context of living in a danchi (housing complex).
Compound of 団地 (danchi, 'housing complex') and 妻 (tsuma, 'wife'). The reading づま is a rendaku form of つま.