noun:

• suicide immediately after the death of one's spouse or lover; following one's lover (husband, wife) into death

noun:

• official in charge of the administration of domains and general affairs of powerful noble families (from the middle of the Heian period)
• titled lady (legal wife of an important official) - honorific language - abbreviation ➜ 北の政所
• government office related to finances (Kamakura and Muromachi periods)
• clerk working for large temples and shrines

expression / noun:

• mountain god ［やまのかみ］
• one's wife (esp. a nagging wife) ［やまのかみ］ - humorous term
• roughskin sculpin (Trachidermus fasciatus) - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• marriage partner; spouse
• wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse

noun:

• married woman
• another's wife

noun / ~する noun:

• spanking

noun:

• traditional ceremony where the newly-wed wife, upon entering her new home, was hit on the rump with a straw bundle etc., to ensure her fertility

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to fire someone; to discharge someone
• to divorce one's wife

noun:

• successor; replacement
• second wife

noun:

• female bragging; female conceit
• a man bragging about his wife or mistress ➜ 男自慢

noun:

• northward; facing the north
• nobleman's true wife - honorific language

noun:

• child; children - archaism
• child servant; temple page
• my (young or child-like) wife - humble language
• young slacker (who has not yet attained adulthood)

noun:

• person of high rank; nobleman - archaism - honorific language ➜ 御前【ごぜん】
• wife of a nobleman

noun:

• someone else's daughter ［女君］
• one's wife - honorific language

noun:

• elder; senior - honorific language
• wife's father; father-in-law

noun:

• god of wealth - abbreviation ➜ 大黒天
• monk's wife - archaism

noun:

• travelling incognito (traveling) - abbreviation
• special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito ➜ 御忍び駕籠

noun:

• side; flank ➜ 横腹【よこばら】
• illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife

pronoun:

• you (referring to someone of equal or lower status) - 貴女 refers only to females and 貴男 refers only to males - polite language
• dear (what a wife calls a husband) ［貴方・貴男］

godan ~る verb:

• to pledge; to vow; to promise; to swear
• to have sexual intercourse (esp. between husband and wife); to share a bed

noun:

• the Emperor; His Majesty - honorific language
• the government; the authorities - honorific language
• proprietress; hostess; landlady; mistress - also written 女将 ➜ 女将
• your wife; his wife - also written 御内儀 or 内儀 - honorific language - archaism
• (one's) master; lord - honorific language - archaism

noun:

• afterbirth pains; afterpains
• repercussions; consequences
• child from a later wife ➜ 先腹

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to have an audience; to meet; to see - humble language
• to face (an enemy); to confront
• to serve (esp. as one's wife)

godan ~ぶ verb / transitive:

• to call out (to); to call; to invoke
• to summon (a doctor, etc.)
• to invite
• to designate; to name; to brand
• to garner (support, etc.); to gather
• to take as one's wife - archaism ➜ 娶る

noun / ~の noun / adverbial noun / suffix noun:

• above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter)
• top; summit
• surface; on
• before; previous
• superiority; one's superior (i.e. one's elder)
• on top of that; besides; what's more
• upon (further inspection, etc.); based on (and occurring after)
• matters concerning...; as concerns ...
• since (i.e. "for that reason") - as ...上は

suffix noun:

• suffix indicating higher social standing - honorific language ➜ 父上
• place of one's superior (i.e. the throne) - archaism
• emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo - archaism
• noblewoman (esp. the wife of a nobleman) - archaism