情夫

Chinese

		feeling; emotion; passion feeling; emotion; passion; situation	husband; man
trad. (情夫)		情	夫
simp. ^#(情夫)		情	夫

情夫

Probably from Middle Chinese compound 情夫 (*dzhiɛng *bio). Compare modern Mandarin 情夫 (qíngfū).

情(じょう)夫(ふ) • (jōfu)

Specifically refers to an extramarital male lover.[2]

Dated overtones. Implies a secret relationship. Generally being replaced in modern usage by the term 愛人(あいじん) (aijin).[2]

隠(かく)し男(おとこ) (kakushi otoko): literally hidden man
色(いろ)男(おとこ) (iro otoko, “iro otoko”): literally "colorful" man (alluding to a sexual relationship)
愛人(あいじん) (aijin): a lover (often, but not necessarily, refers to an extramarital relationship)
間男(まおとこ) (maotoko): a paramour, a man on the side

情婦(じょうふ) (jōfu): a female lover, a female fling, a mistress (specifically refers to an extramarital female lover)

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

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