惣

rural local self-government (Muromachi period)

惣菜

そうざい

side dish, daily (household) dish

惣社

そうじゃ そうしゃ

shrine enshrining several gods

惣管領

そうかんりょう

(hist.) governor-general

惣菜パン

そうざいパン

dressed bread; bread to which something has been added (sandwich, pirogi, etc.); stuffed bread (rolls, buns, etc.)

惣菜店

そうざいてん

delicatessen, deli

惣領制

そうりょうせい

soryo system, organization of regional landholding families based on divided inheritance under the leadership of a main heir, usu. the eldest son (Kamakura period)

嫁

よめ

wife, bride

惣無事令

そうぶじれい

1585 edict by Toyotomi Hideyoshi which banned war between feudal lords in Japan

弟嫁

おとうとよめ おとよめ

younger brother's wife

許嫁

いいなずけ いいなづけ きょこん きょか ゆいなずけ

fiance, fiancee

兄嫁

あによめ

elder brother's wife, sister-in-law

嫁ぐ

とつぐ

to marry (of a woman), to become a bride, to marry into (a family)

降嫁

こうか

marriage of an Imperial princess to a subject

嫁す

かす

to wed, to be married

花嫁

はなよめ

bride

嫁ぎ

marrying into (a family); being married off

嫁菜

よめな ヨメナ

Aster yomena (Asiatic species of aster)

嫁御

よめご

bride