伉こう配はい

noun

spouse; married couple

A formal or literary term for a spouse or a married couple. Rare in everyday conversation; more common in written or ceremonial contexts.

• 式しき典てんでは、新しん郎ろう新しん婦ぷが伉こう配はいとして紹しょう介かいされた。

  At the ceremony, the bride and groom were introduced as the married couple.

• 彼かれは長なが年ねん連つれ添そった伉こう配はいを亡なくした。

  He lost his spouse of many years.