亭主
Reading
Kana:
ていしゅ
Romaji:
teishu
Definitions
1
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); innkeeper; owner (e.g. of an hotel)
2
husband
Example Sentences
➥Many times, a hen-pecked husband doesn't know his problems until he talks to a happy bachelor.
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➥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 は共 かせぎしている。だが亭主 の給料 のほうが女房 の給料 よりも低 い。亭主 が女房 の尻 にしかれるのも当然 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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