情じょう婦ふ

noun

mistress; kept woman; lover

Dated term for a woman in an extramarital relationship, often financially supported by a man. The male counterpart is 情夫 (じょうふ).

See also: 情夫 (じょうふ)

• 彼かれは長なが年ねん、情じょう婦ふを囲かこっていた。

  He kept a mistress for many years.

• その小しょう説せつでは、主しゅ人じん公こうが情じょう婦ふとの関かん係けいに悩なやむ。

  In that novel, the protagonist struggles with his relationship with his mistress.