夫婦

		husband; man	woman
trad. (夫婦)		夫	婦
simp. (夫妇)		夫	妇

夫婦

1. (collective) husband and wife; married couple (Classifier: 對／对 m)

Kanji in this term
夫	婦
ふう Grade: 4	ふ Grade: 5
kan'yōon

• (Tokyo) ふうふ [fúꜜùfù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ːɸɯ̟]

夫(ふう)婦(ふ) • (fūfu) 

1. husband and wife, married couple, spouses, couple, pair

   Synonym: 夫妻 (fusai)

   その夫(ふう)婦(ふ)は幸福(こうふく)な生活(せいかつ)を送(おく)った。

   Sono fūfu wa kōfuku na seikatsu o okutta.

   The couple led a happy life.

Kanji that are used in this term mean husband and wife. In referring to same-sex married couple, it is occasionally written in hiragana ふうふ.

Kanji in this term
夫	婦
Grade: 4	Grade: 5
irregular

Alternative spellings
妻夫 女夫

• (Tokyo) めおと [mèótó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [me̞o̞to̞]

夫婦(めおと) • (meoto) ^{←めをと (mewoto)?}

1. wife and husband

Kanji in this term
夫	婦
Grade: 4	Grade: 5
irregular

Alternative spellings
妻夫 女夫

Sound change from めおと.

• (Tokyo) みょーと [myòótó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [mʲo̞ːto̞]

夫婦(みょうと) • (myōto) ^{←めうと (meuto)?}

1. married woman and man, wife and husband

Kanji in this term
夫	婦
Grade: 4	Grade: 5
irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 夫婦 – see the following entry.

【夫妻おとめ】 [noun] husband and wife Alternative spelling 妻夫

(This term, 夫婦, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Hanja in this term
夫	婦

夫婦 • (bubu) (hangeul 부부)

1. hanja form^? of 부부 (“couple, husband and wife”)

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
夫	婦

夫婦

1. chữ Hán form of phu phụ (“married couple”).