新婦|しんぷshinpu[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounbride

• Synonym花嫁はなよめNeutralThe most common everyday word for a bride; a native Japanese term with a glamorous, elegant feel. 「新婦」 is the more formal choice, as in wedding speeches like 「新郎新婦」.
• Synonym嫁よめNeutralCovers wife and daughter-in-law, with the emphasis on the daughter-in-law as seen from her husband's family — a different angle from the wedding-day 「新婦」.
• Related新妻にいづまWrittenA newlywed wife — the emphasis is on the wife shortly after the marriage, not just on the wedding day. More at home in written prose than in speech.
• Relatedお嫁さんおよめさんCasualColloquial and affectionate; can refer to a bride or a daughter-in-law, as in 「お嫁さんになりたい」.
• Antonym新郎しんろうNeutralThe groom — the male counterpart of the bride, most often paired with 「新婦」 as 「新郎新婦」.

For the bride at a wedding, formal usage says 「新婦」, as in 「新郎新婦の入場」; in everyday speech say 「花嫁」, or colloquial 「お嫁さん」. A newlywed wife is 「新妻」, a daughter-in-law 「嫁」. The counterpart is 「新郎」.

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1. 結婚けっこんしたばかりの女性じょせい。