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.
Compound of 団地 (danchi, 'housing complex') and 妻 (tsuma, 'wife'). The reading づま is a rendaku form of つま.