嫁
よめ
bride, daughter-in-law; (casual) wife
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Examples
息子の嫁が手伝いに来てくれました。
むすこのよめがてつだいにきてくれました。
My son's wife came over to help.
彼女は来月、嫁に行きます。
かのじょはらいげつ、よめにいきます。
She's getting married next month.
どんな男にもそれ相当の嫁のきてがあるものだ。
どんなおとこにもそれそうとうのよめのきてがあるものだ。
There's someone out there for every man.
Common patterns
- 息子の嫁
- one's daughter-in-law
- 嫁に行く
- marry into a family
- 嫁をもらう
- take a wife
Memory tip
The kanji is 女 under 家 — a woman coming into a household, which is the old "daughter-in-law" sense. Men use 嫁 casually for their own wife, especially in Kansai; the neutral word is 妻.
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