Kanji
婦
N3
11 strokes
Grade 5
freq #671
lady, woman, wife, bride
On'yomi (音読み)
フ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
よめ
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
主婦
しゅふ
housewife; mistress (of the house)
夫婦
ふうふ
married couple; husband and wife
看護婦
かんごふ
(female) nurse
婦人
ふじん
woman; lady
産婦人科
さんふじんか
maternity and gynaecology department (gynecology); department of obstetrics and gynaecology (gynecology)
妊婦
にんぷ
pregnant woman
保健婦
ほけんふ
(female) public health nurse
婦女暴行
ふじょぼうこう
sexual assault (of a woman); rape
家政婦
かせいふ
housekeeper; maid
助産婦
じょさんぷ
midwife
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
付き添い看護婦
つきそいかんごふ
(female) private nurse; patient attendant
Example sentences
少（すこ）しばかり沈黙（ちんもく）が続（つづ）いた後（あと）、主婦（しゅふ）は言（い）った。
There was a short pause and the housewife said...
「それがね、お母（かあ）さん」主婦（しゅふ）は悲（かな）しみの涙（なみだ）を流（なが）しながら言（い）った。
"Oh, mother," said the housewife, breaking into bitter tears.
その夫婦（ふうふ）を責（せ）めるなんて、医師（いし）達（たち）は間違（まちが）っていた。
The doctors were wrong to condemn the couple.
その夫婦（ふうふ）は自分（じぶん）たち二人（ふたり）の問題（もんだい）を解決（かいけつ）しようとしたがだめだった。
He and his wife tried to work out their problems, but couldn't.