Illustration: A man returning from a short work trip kneels in his apartment entrance as his two children rush into his open arms. His wife stands immediately behind them, one hand affectionately on his shoulder while she steadies their youngest child with the other.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

妻さい子し

saishi

wife and children

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは妻子さいしを捨すてた。

    He abandoned his family.

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  2. 浪費ろうひがはなはだしく、死後しごに妻子さいしは路頭ろとうに迷まよったという。

    He was a high spender, and as such, his wife and children had to live on the street after his death.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 武家ぶけの大将たいしょうたる器うつわはなかったが、妻子さいしへの愛情深あいじょうふかい家庭人かていじんであった。

    Although he was not a man of the caliber to become leader of a warrior family, he was a family-oriented person who had deep feelings of affection for his wife and children.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 妻子

  • 妻wife; spouseOnサイKunつま
  • 子childOnシ・ス・ツKunこ・ね

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