嫁

よめ

Also written 娵, 婦, 媳

Meanings

1. Noun bride
2. (one's) daughter-in-law
3. wife

Kanji

• 嫁 bride. Read as よめ.

Example sentences

• 嫁にやらなくてはならない娘が３人いる。
  I have three daughters to marry off.
• 嫁と姑の仲は大嵐。
  Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are a tempest and hailstorm.
• どんな男にもそれ相当の嫁のきてがあるもの。
  Every Jack must have his Jill.
• うちのお母さん、お父さんのところに、80年代にお嫁に来たの。
  My mom married my dad in the 80s.
• トムの新しい嫁さんさぁ、最初の結婚でできた娘よりも若いんだ。
  Tom's new wife is younger than his daughter from his first marriage.

Common phrases

• 嫁に来る
• 嫁に行く (よめにいく) to marry (of a woman)
• 嫁になる
• 嫁にもらう
• 嫁に出す
• 嫁にやる
• 嫁す (かす) to wed

Words containing 嫁

• 花嫁 (はなよめ) bride
• 嫁入り (よめいり) marriage (of a woman)
• 狐の嫁入り (きつねのよめいり) rain shower while the sun shines

And 38 more.

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