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ワイフ

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Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English wife.^[1]^[2]

First cited to a text from 1860.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ワイフ [wáꜜìfù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [β̞a̠iɸɯ̟]

Noun

ワイフ • (waifu)

[from 1860] (informal) wife

Synonyms

Descendants

→ English: waifu

See also

ハズバンド (hazubando, “husband”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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