奥さん(おくさん)— wife (someone else’s)
先生 の 奥さん は 日本人 です。
The teacher’s wife is Japanese.
奥さんおくさん
wife (someone else’s)
おくさん
accent [1]In detail
Words
先生senseiteacher
のno(possession: ’s)
奥さんokusanwife
はwa(topic marker)
日本人nihonjinJapanese person
ですdesu(polite sentence ending)
Kanji
奥オウ・ おくinterior; back
奥さん is a polite way to refer to someone else’s wife. When speaking about your own wife, 妻 is a neutral choice.
Coco-sensei
