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奥さん(おくさん)— wife (someone else’s)


The teacher’s wife is Japanese.


wife (someone else’s)

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In detail

Words

senseiteacher
no(possession: ’s)
okusanwife
wa(topic marker)
nihonjinJapanese person
desu(polite sentence ending)

Kanji

interior; back

is a polite way to refer to someone else’s wife. When speaking about your own wife, is a neutral choice.

Coco-senseiCoco-sensei