内ない縁えんの妻つま

expression, noun

de facto wife; common-law wife

A woman who lives with a man in a marriage-like relationship without legal registration. The term is used in legal and social contexts, often in contrast to a legally married wife (法律上の妻).

• 彼かれは内ない縁えんの妻つまと十じゅう年ねん以い上じょう一いっ緒しょに暮くらしている。

  He has been living with his common-law wife for over ten years.

• 内ない縁えんの妻つまには相そう続ぞく権けんが認みとめられない場ば合あいがある。

  A de facto wife may not be granted inheritance rights in some cases.