noun:

• child from an earlier wife ➜ 後腹【あとばら】
• preceding one's master into death by committing ritual suicide (seppuku) ［さきばら］ ➜ 追い腹

noun:

• child born to one's current wife

noun:

• former wife

noun:

• legal wife of a regent, of the imperial adviser, or of an official at the Grand Council of State - honorific language

expression / noun:

• one's devoted wife; wife who has followed one through hard times; wife married in poverty

expression:

• children are a bond between husband and wife; children hold marriages together - proverb

noun:

• (one's) ex-wife; (one's) former wife

noun:

• your wife; his wife; Mrs

noun:

• deceased wife; deceased lady

noun:

• advertisement for a wife

noun:

• former wife

noun:

• your wife; his wife - honorific language
• secret meeting; secrecy ［ないぎ］ ➜ 内議

expression:

• don't feed autumn eggplant to your wife (because they're too delicious, because they'll give her the chills, or because their lack of seeds will reduce her fertility) - proverb

noun:

• younger brother's wife

noun:

• couple in which the wife is bigger than the husband

noun:

• elder brother's wife; sister-in-law

noun:

• one's legal wife

noun:

• one's wife (when speaking with a close friend)
• your wife (when speaking with a junior)

noun:

• wife's mother; mother-in-law ➜ しゅうとめ

noun:

• wife's mother; mother-in-law ➜ しゅうとめ

noun:

• legal wife; lawful wife
• first wife (in polygamous relationship)

noun:

• good wife and wise mother - four character idiom

noun:

• one's own wife - humble language

expression:

• a bad wife spells the ruin of her husband; a bad wife means a hundred years of bad luck to her husband

noun:

• one's wife