ミセスmisesu

1. nounMrs

• Synonym夫人ふじんFormalFormal honorific placed after a surname or title, as in 「田中夫人」 or 「首相夫人」; 「ミセス」 mostly denotes married women as a group, as in 「ミセス向け」.
• Synonym奥様おくさまFormalA politer form of 「奥さん」 for referring to another person's wife, as in 「奥様はご在宅ですか」; 「ミセス」 is mostly used in product and fashion categories.
• Synonym奥さんおくさんNeutralThe most common everyday way to refer to another person's wife, as in 「隣の奥さん」; 「ミセス」 is mostly used in fashion and product categories, rarely as everyday address.
• Synonym令夫人れいふじんFormalA highly respectful honorific for the listener's or another person's wife, mostly in letters and speeches; in daily speech use 「奥様」.
• RelatedつまNeutralThe standard word for one's own wife or for wives in general, as in 「妻と子供」; 「ミセス」 is a general term for married women, not tied to anyone's wife.
• Related女房にょうぼうCasualColloquial term for a man's own wife, as in 「うちの女房」, slightly casual; historically also a court lady; 「ミセス」 is not used for one's own wife.
• Related家内かないNeutralA humble way to refer to one's own wife when speaking to others, as in 「家内がよろしくと」; 「ミセス」 is a general term for married women, not a humble term.
• Related人妻ひとづまNeutralRefers to a married woman or another person's wife, focusing on her status as a wife; 「ミセス」 is mostly used in fashion and product categories.
• RelatedおかみさんNeutralThe proprietress of an inn or shop, also an affectionate way to address a married woman; 「ミセス」 covers married women in general and has no proprietress sense.
• RelatedかみさんCasualColloquial and casual, for one's own or another person's wife, as in 「うちのかみさん」; also a shopkeeper's wife; 「ミセス」 is a loanword general term.
• RelatedワイフCasualA loanword for wife, mostly one's own, and not common in daily speech; 「ミセス」 refers to married women or works as an honorific.
• Related愚妻ぐさいWrittenA written, humble term for one's own wife, rarely used today; in speech say 「妻」 or 「家内」; 「ミセス」 has no humble usage.
• Related令室れいしつFormalA written honorific for the listener's wife, mostly in letters and very rare; in daily speech use 「奥様」.
• Related令閨れいけいFormalA written honorific for the listener's or another person's wife, close to 「令室」 and very rare; in daily speech use 「奥様」.
• Related細君さいくんWrittenA rather old word for another person's wife, or humbly for one's own; rarely used today; in daily speech say 「妻」 or 「奥さん」.
• Related嫁はんよめはんCasualColloquial Kansai dialect for one's own wife, as in 「うちの嫁はん」; 「ミセス」 is a general term for married women.
• Related嫁さんよめさんCasualColloquial for wife with an affectionate or joking tone, as in 「嫁さんをもらう」; 「ミセス」 carries no such affectionate nuance.

Use 「ミセス」 for married women in general and in product or fashion categories. To address another person's wife say 「奥さん」 or, more politely, 「奥様」; for your own wife say 「妻」 or, humbly, 「家内」; as a formal honorific use 「夫人」. The remaining words are casual, dialectal, written, or rare variants.

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1. 既婚きこん女性じょせいの姓せいの前まえにつける敬称けいしょう。
2. 既婚きこん女性じょせい。奥様おくさま。ご夫人ふじん。