彼は女房の尻に敷かれている。

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彼は女房の尻に敷かれている。

English Translation

He is a hen-pecked husband.

Furigana

彼(かれ)は女房(にょうぼう)の尻(しり)に敷(し)かれている。

Romanji

Kare wa nyōbō no shiri ni shikareteiru.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

女房 (にょうぼう、にょうぼ、にゅうぼう)

wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; woman who served at the imperial palace; woman (esp. as a love interest)

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

尻 (しり)

buttocks; behind; rump; bottom; undersurface; bottom; last place; end; consequence

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

敷く (しく)

to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)