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婦 kanji
lady, woman, wife, bride
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
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On readings
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Kun readings
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Words with 婦
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —特定妊婦specified expectant mother; expectant mother who has been identified as in need of extra support after birth (because of unstable income, mental illness, etc.)
- —新婚夫婦newly married couple; newlywed couple; newlyweds
- —高級娼婦high-class prostitute
- —息子夫婦one's son and his wife
- —妊婦健診prenatal checkup; pregnancy checkup; prenatal care; antenatal care
- —家庭婦人housewife
- —残留婦人Japanese woman not repatriated from China after WWII
- —看護婦学院nurses' training school
- —産婦人科医obstetrician-gynecologist; obstetrician and gynaecologist; ob-gyn
- —付き添い婦(female) private nurse; patient attendant
- —夫婦共稼ぎhusband and wife both working (for a living); joint breadwinning (by husband and wife)
- —婦人参政権women's suffrage
- —夫婦気取りbehaving like a married couple; posing as a married couple
- —従軍慰安婦comfort woman; prostitute who worked in military brothels, esp. one forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during WWII
- —婦人警察官policewoman
- —似た者夫婦married couple with similar tastes or dispositions; like husband, like wife
- —婦人選挙権women's suffrage
- —一夫一婦制monogamy
- —パート主婦housewife who works part-time
- —夫婦共働きhusband and wife both working (for a living); joint breadwinning (by husband and wife)