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嫁 - N1 Kanji

Meaning of 嫁 意味

marry into, bride

嫁 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI 音読み

よめ yome
とつ.ぐ totsu.gu
い.く i.ku
ゆ.く yu.ku

KUNYOMI 訓読み

カ ka

Examples

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.
古今東西、嫁と姑の仲は上手くいかぬ例が多いと見える。In all times and places many examples of poor relations between wives and mothers-in-law can be seen.
嫁と姑の中は大嵐。Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are a tempest and hailstorm.
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.
私の夫には、兄が2人います。そう、私は三男の嫁です。My husband has two older brothers. That’s right, I’m a third-son’s wife.

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