Dated, familiar term for one's own wife. Used mainly by men in casual or old-fashioned speech. Not used to refer to someone else's wife.
My wife is a nag, you know.
I'll talk it over with my wife.
wife (of a peer or subordinate)
Dated, somewhat condescending term for the wife of a peer or subordinate. Rarely used in modern Japanese; 奥さん or 夫人 are more common.
My colleague's wife also came to the gathering.
Standard kanji spelling for this dated term.
Ateji spelling; rarely used and may be considered non-standard.
Borrowed into Japanese from the Chinese compound 細君, an established term for a wife. Its meaning does not arise from independently combining the modern Japanese senses of 細 and 君.