亭主が女房の尻にしかれるのも当然だ。

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亭主が女房の尻にしかれるのも当然だ。

English Translation

No wonder he is a hen - pecked husband.

Furigana

亭主(ていしゅ)が女房(にょうぼう)の尻(しり)にしかれるのも当然(とうぜん)だ。

Romanji

Teishu ga nyōbō no shiri ni shikareru no mo tōzen da.

Words

亭主 (ていしゅ)

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

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

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

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

当然 (とうぜん)

natural; as a matter of course; justified; deserved; reasonable

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative