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亭主

Reading

Kana: ていしゅ
Romaji: teishu
Kana
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Definitions

1

household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); innkeeper; owner (e.g. of an hotel)

2

husband

Kanji

Readings: テイ、 チン
Meanings: pavilion, restaurant, mansion, arbor, cottage, vaudeville, music hall, stage name
Readings: シュ、 ス、 シュウ、 ぬし、 おも、 あるじ
Meanings: lord, chief, master, main thing, principal

Example Sentences

うちの亭主(ていしゅ)甲斐性(かいしょう)がない。
➥My husband isn't quite the provider he should be.
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あの(いえ)女房(にょうぼう)亭主(ていしゅ)をしりに()いている。
➥She wears the trousers in that house.
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女房(にょうぼう)(しり)にしかれている亭主(ていしゅ)は、(しあわ)せな(ひと)(もの)(はな)してはじめて、自分(じぶん)問題(もんだい)認識(にんしき)することがたびたびだ。
➥Many times, a hen-pecked husband doesn't know his problems until he talks to a happy bachelor.
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亭主(ていしゅ)女房(にょうぼう)(しり)にしかれるのも当然(とうぜん)だ。
➥No wonder he is a hen - pecked husband.
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(よぱら)()っておそく(いえ)(かえ)ったかどで、(おこ)った女房(にょうぼう)亭主(ていしゅ)()ってかかり、(ほうき)亭主(ていしゅ)をひっぱたいた。
➥The angry wife was on the warpath; she hit her husband with a broom for coming home late and drunk.
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あの夫婦(ふうふ)(とも)かせぎしている。だが亭主(ていしゅ)給料(きゅうりょう)のほうが女房(にょうぼう)給料(きゅうりょう)よりも(ひく)い。亭主(ていしゅ)女房(にょうぼう)(しり)にしかれるのも当然(とうぜん)だ。
➥He and his wife both work and his salary is lower than hers, so no wonder he is a hen-pecked husband.
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