己妻

Japanese

Kanji in this term
己	妻
おの Grade: 6	つま > づま Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

己夫

Noun

己妻 (hiragana おのづま, rōmaji onozuma)

(Classical Japanese, obsolete) one’s spouse, mate; wife, husband
- c. 759, Man'yōshū
  暮 (ゆふ)名 (な)寸 (ぎ)尓 (に)　求食 (あさり)為 (する)鶴 (たづ)　塩 (しほ)満 (みて)者 (ば)　奥 (おき)浪 (なみ)高 (たか)三 (み)　己 (おの)妻 (づま)喚 (よばふ) [Man'yōgana]
  夕 (ゆふ)なぎに　あさりする鶴 (たづ)　潮 (しほ)満 (み)てば　沖波 (おきなみ)高 (たか)み　己 (おの)妻 (づま)呼 (よ)ばふ [Modern spelling]
  <Yupunagi₁ ni asari suru tadu sipo mi₁te ba oki₁nami₁ takami₁ ono₂duma yo₁bapu>
  → Yūnagi ni asari suru tazu shio mite ba okinami takami onozuma yobau
  In the evening calm, a crane looking for feed; when the high tide comes, offshore waves will rise, and he will call out his mate.

Antonyms

人妻 (ひとづま) (hitozuma, “someone else's wife”)

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