noun
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.
団地妻たちが午後に集会所でお茶を飲んでいた。
The apartment wives were having tea at the community center in the afternoon.
彼女は団地妻として、昼間は一人で過ごすこと
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.