嫁（よめ）
JLPT N4 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, stays high, no drop
Meaning: bride/daughter-in-law
Example sentences
- 彼の嫁はとてもやさしい人だ。 — His wife is a very kind person.
- 嫁と姑が仲良く暮らす。 — The daughter-in-law and mother-in-law live together happily.
Idioms & proverbs containing “嫁”
- 秋茄子は嫁に食わすな (あきなすはよめにくわすな) — don't feed autumn eggplant to your wife (because they're too delicious, because they'll give her the chills, or because their lack of seeds will reduce her fertility)
- 責任転嫁 (せきにんてんか) — shifting the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); passing the buck
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See it used in real works
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