loving wife; beloved wife
A warm, somewhat literary term for a wife one deeply loves. Not an everyday word; it carries a poetic or affectionate tone.
He wrote a poem for his beloved wife.
長年連れ添った恋妻に感謝の気持ちを伝えた。
He expressed his gratitude to his loving wife of many years.
Compound of 恋 (こい, 'love') and 妻 (つま, 'wife'), with rendaku voicing つま → づま. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning.