夫人|ふじんfujin[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, noun (suffix)wife; Mrs; Madam
   ヤング夫人ふじんは、私が突然とつぜん訪たずねても気きにしないでしょう。↗

   Mrs. Young wouldn't mind my dropping in on her unexpectedly.
2. nounwife of a nobleman
3. nounconsort (of the emperor) of the third rank (ritsuryō system)also read ぶにん

• SynonymつまNeutralNeutral, objective term for one's own wife or wives in general; 「夫人」 is an honorific for someone else's wife, often a celebrity's.
• Synonym女房にょうぼうCasualColloquial for one's own wife, with a familiar, casual feel; in old times referred to a court lady.
• Synonym家内かないNeutralA humble way to refer to one's own wife when speaking to outsiders; slightly old-fashioned.
• Synonym奥様おくさまFormalA very polite honorific for another person's wife; 「夫人」 often works as a title attached after a name.
• SynonymミセスNeutralLoanword for a married woman, also used as an honorific; common in fashion and magazines.
• Synonym奥さんおくさんNeutralThe everyday way to refer to another person's wife; more casual than 「奥様」.
• SynonymかみさんCasualColloquial for one's own or a close acquaintance's wife, with a down-to-earth feel, as in 「うちのかみさん」.
• SynonymワイフNeutralLoanword for wife, carrying a light or Westernized tone.
• Synonym愚妻ぐさいWrittenA humble term for one's own wife; old-style written language, rarely used today.
• Synonym令室れいしつFormalA written honorific for the other person's wife, seen mainly in letters.
• Synonym令夫人れいふじんFormalA written honorific for the other person's wife, more formal than 「夫人」; seen in letters and ceremonies.
• Synonym御新造ごしんぞうWrittenEdo-period term for the wives of lower-ranking samurai or wealthy merchants; today seen in period dramas, rakugo, and historical fiction.
• Synonym細君さいくんWrittenOld-fashioned: refers to a peer's or subordinate's wife, or humbly to one's own; rare today.
• Synonym嫁さんよめさんCasualColloquial for one's own wife, affectionate and with a Kansai flavor.
• Antonym旦那だんなNeutralThe antonym: a husband, the counterpart of the wife 「夫人」 refers to; also a shopkeeper or master of the house.

Use 「夫人」 as an honorific for a celebrity's or another person's wife, often attached after a name. In everyday speech, refer to someone else's wife with 「奥さん」, or the politer 「奥様」. For your own wife, use 「妻」 or the humble 「家内」; colloquially 「嫁さん」 or 「かみさん」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 貴人きじんの女性じょせい配偶者はいぐうしゃに敬意けいいを込こめた呼称こしょう。
2. （接尾辞せつびじ的てきに用もちいて）貴人きじんの妻つまに対たいする敬称けいしょう。
3. 律令制りつりょうせいにおける天皇てんのうの后妃こうひの身み位い及および称号しょうごう。皇后こうごう・妃ひに次つぐ地位ちいにあり、定員ていいんは3名めい。位階いかいは三さん位いを与あたえられる。平安へいあん期きにはいると、中宮ちゅうぐうの、女御にょうご、更衣こうい等とうに替かわられ、事実上じじつじょう廃止はいしになった。