女房 (Nyoubou) is a Japanese noun meaning “wife (esp. one's own wife), court lady, female court attache, woman who served at the imperial palace”.
Meanings
- nounwife (esp. one's own wife)
- nouncourt lady; female court attache; woman who served at the imperial palace
- nounwoman (esp. as a love interest)
Examples
女房が突然泣き出した。
My wife burst into tears.
女房の悪さは六十年の不作。
A bad wife is the shipwreck of her husband.
彼は女房の尻に敷かれている。
He is a hen-pecked husband.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).