団だん地ち妻づま

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.

• 団だん地ち妻づまたちが午ご後ごに集しゅう会かい所じょでお茶ちゃを飲のんでいた。

  The apartment wives were having tea at the community center in the afternoon.

• 彼かの女じょは団だん地ち妻づまとして、昼ひる間まは一人ひとりで過すごすことが多おおい。

  As an apartment wife, she often spends the daytime alone.