嫁(よめ)

よめ
noun
bride, wife
informalfamily
1. bride
A woman on her wedding day or about to be married.
嫁(よめ)に行(い)く。
To get married (said of a woman).
嫁に行く = to marry into another family
お嫁(よめ)さんがきれいだった。
The bride was beautiful.
お嫁さん = bride (polite/affectionate)
娘(むすめ)を嫁(よめ)に出(だ)す日(ひ)が来(き)た。
The day has come to send our daughter off as a bride.
嫁に出す = to send one's daughter off in marriage
彼女(かのじょ)は来年(らいねん)お嫁(よめ)さんになる予定(よてい)だ。
She is planning to become a bride next year.
小(ちい)さい頃(ころ)、「大(おお)きくなったらお嫁(よめ)さんになりたい」と言(い)っていた。
When she was little, she used to say, 'I want to be a bride when I grow up.'
2. wife, daughter-in-law
A married woman (from the perspective of her husband or his family).
うちの嫁(よめ)は料理(りょうり)が上手(じょうず)だ。
My wife is good at cooking.
嫁 used casually to mean 'wife'
息子(むすこ)の嫁(よめ)が来月(らいげつ)来(く)る。
My son's wife is coming next month.
嫁 meaning daughter-in-law
彼女(かのじょ)を嫁(よめ)にもらった。
I took her as my wife.
嫁にもらう = to take as a wife (traditional expression)
嫁(よめ)と姑(しゅうとめ)の関係(かんけい)がうまくいかないことがある。
The relationship between a daughter-in-law and her mother-in-law sometimes doesn't go well.
嫁と姑 = wife and mother-in-law (common topic in Japanese culture)
嫁(よめ)さんのことを友達(ともだち)に自慢(じまん)するのが好(す)きだ。
He likes to brag about his wife to his friends.
嫁さん = wife (casual/affectionate)

Usage: 嫁(よめ) can mean (1) bride, (2) wife (casual/informal), or (3) daughter-in-law. The meaning depends on context and the speaker's perspective.

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Synonym: 妻(つま) (wife (neutral, standard))
Related: 婿(むこ) (groom, son-in-law)
Related: 家内(かない) (wife (humble))
Compare: 奥様(おくさま) (wife (polite), madam)
Compare: 新婦(しんぷ) (bride)
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Added 2026.1.13 1:08 · Revised 2026.9.2 12:02
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