未亡人|みぼうじんmiboujin[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nounwidow
   その未亡人みぼうじんは黒衣こくいをまとっていた。↗

   The widow was dressed in black.

• Synonym寡婦かふWrittenA written, formal term used in law and statistics; it also covers divorced women who have not remarried. 「未亡人」 is the politer way to speak of someone else.
• Synonym後家ごけCasual「後家」 was once the common word for a widow but now sounds contemptuous or coarse. It also means one item of a pair whose mate is missing.
• Related女やもめおんなやもめCasualColloquial and somewhat dated; it suggests a woman left alone after her husband's death and carries a nuance of loneliness, less dignified than 「未亡人」.

Use 「未亡人」 for a woman whose husband has died and who has not remarried; it is the politer choice. In legal or statistical contexts use 「寡婦」. 「後家」 is an old colloquial word with a slightly derogatory feel.

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1. 夫おっとと死別しべつして再婚さいこんしていない女性じょせい。