婦

JLPT N3

Woman, wife

Readings

On’yomi: フ (fu)

Kun’yomi: よめ (yome)

• よめ – bride, wife (rare usage in compounds; commonly replaced by 嫁)

Structure

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Vocabulary

主婦

しゅふ

housewife

婦人

ふじん

woman

産婦

さんぷ

maternity woman

新婦

しんぷ

bride

婦長

ふちょう

head nurse

Example Sentences

主婦です。

しゅふです。

She is a housewife.

婦人です。

ふじんです。

She is a woman.

産婦です。

さんぷです。

She is a maternity patient.

新婦です。

しんぷです。

She is a bride.

婦長です。

ふちょうです。

She is a head nurse.

Cultural Note

👘 The kanji 婦 carries traditional nuances of a woman in a domestic or respectable role. In modern Japanese, its meaning is often neutral — used in respectful terms like 主婦 (housewife) or 婦人 (lady) — but without implying subordination.