ワイフ
Japanese
Etymology
Borrowed from
English
wife
.
[
1
]
[
2
]
First cited to a text from 1860.
[
1
]
Pronunciation
(
Tokyo
)
ワ
イフ
[wáꜜìfù]
(
Atamadaka
– [1])
[
2
]
IPA
(key)
:
[β̞a̠iɸɯ̟]
Noun
ワイフ
• (
waifu
)
[from 1860]
(
informal
)
wife
Synonyms
妻
(
つま
)
(
tsuma
)
家
(
か
)
内
(
ない
)
(
kanai
)
女
(
にょう
)
房
(
ぼう
)
(
nyōbō
)
奥
(
おく
)
さん
(
okusan
)
Descendants
→
English:
waifu
See also
ハズバンド
(
hazubando
,
“
husband
”
)
References
↑
1.0
1.1
Shōgaku Tosho (
1988
)
国語大辞典（新装版）
[
Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)
] (in Japanese),
Tōkyō
:
Shogakukan
,
→ISBN
↑
2.0
2.1
Matsumura, Akira
, editor (
2006
),
大辞林
[
Daijirin
] (in Japanese), Third edition,
Tokyo
:
Sanseidō
,
→ISBN