新妻|にいづまniizuma[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounnew wife

• Related嫁よめNeutralEveryday spoken word for a wife or a daughter-in-law; a husband may call his own wife 「嫁」. Unlike 「新妻」, it is not limited to the newly married.
• Related花嫁はなよめNeutralThe bride at a wedding — mostly on the wedding day or at the wedding itself, while 「新妻」 is the wife after marrying.
• Related新婦しんぷFormalFormal word for the bride, used in wedding speeches; it pairs with 「新郎」 (groom).
• Relatedお嫁さんおよめさんNeutralWife or daughter-in-law, one's own or another family's; warm and affectionate in tone, and not limited to newlyweds as 「新妻」 is.
• Antonym古妻WrittenWritten word for a wife one has been married to for years — the opposite of 「新妻」; rare.

Use 「新妻」 for a wife recently married. For the bride at a wedding, say 「花嫁」 or, formally as in wedding speeches, 「新婦」. In everyday talk of one's wife or a daughter-in-law, 「嫁」 fits; 「お嫁さん」 is a warmer variant. 「古妻」 is a rare written opposite.

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1. 結婚けっこんしたばかりの女性じょせい。