内妻

ないさい

common-law wife

内縁

ないえん

de facto marriage, common-law marriage

内縁の夫

ないえんのおっと

de facto husband; common-law husband

内縁関係

ないえんかんけい

de facto marriage, common-law marriage, living together as husband and wife without formal marriage

妻の座

つまのざ

status of wifehood

妻の命

つまのみこと

you (referring to one's spouse or partner), dear

妻

つま さい

one's wife

縁の下

えんのした

under the floor, out of sight, in background

縁の色

ゆかりのいろ

violet

盆の縁

ぼんのふち ぼんのえん

edge of a tray

糟糠の妻

そうこうのつま

one's devoted wife, wife who has followed one through hard times, wife married in poverty

縁の下の舞

えんのしたのまい

hard work gone unnoticed; thankless task; a dance under a veranda

幻妻

げんさい

wife, woman

荊妻

けいさい

one's own wife

賢妻

けんさい けんつま

wise (house)wife

愚妻

ぐさい

wife

妻女

さいじょ

one's wife, one's wife and daughter or daughters

幼妻

おさなづま ようつま

very young bride, bride (married woman) who is little more than a girl

恐妻

きょうさい

submission to one's wife