恐きょう妻さい

noun

submission to one's wife; being henpecked

Describes a husband who is dominated by or defers to his wife. Often used humorously or self-deprecatingly.

• 彼かれは恐きょう妻さい家かで、いつも奥おくさんの言いうことを聞きいている。

  He is henpecked and always does what his wife says.

• 恐きょう妻さいは日本にほんの家か庭ていでよく見みられる現げん象しょうだと言いわれる。

  It is said that submission to one's wife is a common phenomenon in Japanese households.