GoMe
EN

Vocabulary

What does 女房 (にょうぼう, nyoubou) mean?

女房 (にょうぼう, nyoubou) means one's own wife.

Quick facts
Readingにょうぼう
Romajinyoubou
Part of speechnoun
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N2
にょうぼう
N2 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonnyoubou

one's own wife

  1. 1noun wife (esp. one's own wife)
  2. 2noun court lady; female court attache; woman who served at the imperial palace
  3. 3noun woman (esp. as a love interest)

Example sentences

  • I'm planning to travel with my wife.

  • I ended up getting scolded by my wife.

Kanji in this word

Look up another word →

Data sources and licences

Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

N5–N1 levels on this page are estimates based on the JLPT framework, drawn from community benchmarks. GoMe Nihongo is not affiliated with the Japan Foundation or JEES, which administer the JLPT.