Illustration: In a lived-in apartment, a woman manages the morning household routine at the kitchen counter, portioning lunches while checking the rice cooker beside her. Folded laundry waits in a basket, groceries are partly put away, and her partner sets out breakfast dishes under her practical direction.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

主しゅ婦ふ

shufu

housewife, homemaker

Refers to a woman who manages a household. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. ただの主婦しゅふにはなりたくありません。

    I would hate to become just a housewife.

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  2. 私わたしは主婦しゅふです。

    I am a housewife.

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  3. 主婦しゅふにはすることが山やまほどある。

    Housewives have a hundred things to do.

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Kanji in 主婦

  • 主lord; chiefOnシュ・ス・シュウKunぬし・おも・あるじ
  • 婦lady; womanOnフKunよめ

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