How to say "countess" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 伯夫人はくふじんnounA countess, in the sense of a count's wife. A shortened form of 伯爵夫人, with 伯 standing alone for 伯爵; it is a less common word, and seldom the one you want.
- 伯爵夫人はくしゃくふじんnounA countess, the wife of a count (伯爵): the title plus 夫人, 'lady' or 'wife'. The fuller and more transparent of the two, and the safer choice, though still a less common word.
Both words render 'countess', the wife of a count, with no real difference in sense: 伯爵夫人 is the full, self-explanatory form and the safer choice, while 伯夫人 is simply its contracted variant; both are less common.
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