夫おっと

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

Standard term for one's own husband when speaking to others. Within the family, other terms like あなた or パパ are more common.

夫おっとと離り婚こんするto divorce one's husband
彼かの女じょは去きょ年ねん、夫おっとと離り婚こんした。
She divorced her husband last year.
夫おっとに先さき立だたれるto be widowed (one's husband dies first)
彼かの女じょは若わかくして夫おっとに先さき立だたれた。
She was widowed at a young age when her husband died first.
夫おっとを支ささえるto support one's husband
彼かの女じょはいつも夫おっとを支ささえている。
She always supports her husband.
夫おっとに浮気うわきされるto have one's husband cheat (on oneself)
友ゆう人じんは夫おっとに浮うわ気きされて悩なやんでいる。
My friend is troubled because her husband cheated on her.

旦だん那なN1
旦那 is a casual, somewhat old-fashioned word for husband often used by wives in informal speech, whereas 夫 is the standard, neutral term.
良りょう人じん
良人 is a literary, old-fashioned word for husband rarely used in everyday speech, unlike the common, neutral 夫.
配はい偶ぐう
夫 is the everyday, gendered word for 'husband', while 配偶 is a formal, gender-neutral legal term for 'spouse'.
主しゅ人じんN4
主人 is the traditional, slightly formal word a wife uses for her own husband, while 夫 is the neutral, modern term usable in any register.

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配はい偶ぐう者しゃN1
夫 specifically means 'husband' and is the common, casual term, while 配偶者 is the formal, gender-neutral legal term for either spouse.
婿むこN1
夫 is the plain, everyday word for 'husband', while 婿 specifically frames the man from his bride's or her family's point of view.
ご主しゅ人じんN5
夫 is the neutral, formal word for 'husband' with no honorific meaning, unlike ご主人 which specifically honors someone else's husband.
亭てい主しゅN1
夫 is the standard, neutral word for 'husband' used in formal writing, whereas 亭主 is colloquial and often implies he rules the household.
宅たくN3
夫 is the standard modern word for one's husband, whereas 宅 in that sense is rare, old-fashioned, and used mainly by wives referring to their own husband.

主しゅ人じんhumble 謙譲語N4
主人 is the humble, formal way to refer to one's own husband when speaking to others, while 夫 is the neutral, everyday term.
お宅たくN4
夫 is the plain word for husband, while お宅 is a polite way to refer to the listener's husband, used mainly by women in conversation.

おっと
夫 (おっと) is a noun meaning 'husband', a completely different word that happens to share the same reading and spelling as the interjection おっと.

夫おっとUsage98%
Standard kanji spelling for 'husband'.
良人おっとUsage1%
Rare ateji spelling; the reading りょうじん is more common for this kanji form.
オットUsage1%

The reading おっと is a native Japanese word. The kanji 夫 originally means 'man' or 'husband'.