女房

にょうぼう にょうぼ にゅうぼう

wife (esp. one's own wife)

姉さん

ねえさん あねさん

elder sister

恋女房

こいにょうぼう

one's dear wife

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

女房詞

にょうぼうことば

secret language of court ladies (Muromachi period)

側女房

そばにょうぼう

mistress, concubine

お姉さん

おねえさん

elder sister

小姉さん

ちいねえさん

youngest of one's older sisters

大姉さん

おおねえさん

eldest of one's older sisters

世話女房

せわにょうぼう

perfectly dedicated wife

女房学校

にょうぼうがっこう

The School For Wives

女房持ち

にょうぼうもち

married man

女房装束

にょうぼうしょうぞく

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

女房孝行

にょうぼうこうこう

being devoted to one's wife, uxorious

女房天下

にょうぼうてんか

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

姉さん被り

あねさんかぶり

towel wrapped around a woman's head

女性化乳房

じょせいかにゅうぼう

gyneco-mastia

姉

し あね ねえ

used after the name of someone who is an older sister figure