奥様

Japanese

Kanji in this term
奥	様
おく Grade: S	さま Grade: 3
jūbakoyomi

Alternative spelling
奧樣 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おくさま [óꜜkùsàmà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [o̞kɯ̟̊ᵝsa̠ma̠]

Noun

奥(おく)様(さま) • (okusama)

(honorific) wife; madam

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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