女房

にょうぼう にょうぼ にゅうぼう

wife (esp. one's own wife)

世話

せわ

looking after, help, aid, assistance

側女房

そばにょうぼう

mistress, concubine

女房詞

にょうぼうことば

secret language of court ladies (Muromachi period)

古女房

good old wife; one's wife of many years

女房役

にょうぼうやく

assistant, right-hand man, subordinate, wifely role

恋女房

こいにょうぼう

one's dear wife

女房孝行

にょうぼうこうこう

being devoted to one's wife, uxorious

女房学校

にょうぼうがっこう

The School For Wives

女房装束

にょうぼうしょうぞく

costume for women serving in the inner palace (Heian period)

女房持ち

にょうぼうもち

married man

女房天下

にょうぼうてんか

husband being henpecked, house where the wife is the boss, petticoat government

世話物

せわもの

sewamono (in kabuki, etc., a domestic drama about ordinary people, esp. of the Edo period)

下世話

げせわ

common saying, common phrase, juicy (story)

世話役

せわやく

mediator, manager

世話人

せわにん せわびと

sponsor, manager, go-between, mediator, agent

お世話

おせわ

help, aid, assistance

世話係

せわがかり

attendant; person who looks after one's needs; caretaker

世間話

せけんばなし

gossip, chat