女にょう房ぼう天てん下か

noun

henpecked husband; wife-dominated household

Describes a household where the wife holds the real power, often with a humorous or critical tone. The husband is seen as henpecked.

• うちは完かん全ぜんに女にょう房ぼう天てん下かで、父ちちは母ははに頭あたまが上あがらない。

  Our house is totally wife-dominated; Dad can't stand up to Mom.

• 彼かれの家いえは女にょう房ぼう天てん下かだと近きん所じょで評ひょう判ばんだ。

  His household is known in the neighborhood as one where the wife rules the roost.