駐ちゅう妻つま

noun

expat wife; wife of an expatriate employee

Colloquial term for the wife of a Japanese businessman posted overseas. Often used in expat community contexts.

• 駐ちゅう妻つまたちは現げん地ちの生せい活かつに慣なれるのに苦く労ろうすることもある。

  Expat wives sometimes struggle to adjust to local life.

• 彼かの女じょは駐ちゅう妻つまとして上海しゃんはいに住すんでいる。

  She lives in Shanghai as an expat wife.