我が家では女房が財布の紐を握っている。

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我が家では女房が財布の紐を握っている。

English Translation

My wife holds the purse strings in our family.

Furigana

我(わ)が家(や)では女房(にょうぼう)が財布(さいふ)の紐(ひも)を握(にぎ)っている。

Romanji

Wagaya de wa nyōbō ga saifu no himo o nigitteiru.

Words

我が家 (わがや、わがいえ)

one's house; one's home; one's family

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

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)

が (が)

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

財布 (さいふ)

purse; handbag; wallet

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

紐 (ひも)

string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman (such as a gigolo or, in the case of a prostitute, a pimp); pimp

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

握る (にぎる)

to clasp; to grasp; to grip; to clutch; to make (nigirizushi, rice ball, etc.); to form; to press into shape; to mold; to mould; to seize (power, etc.); to take hold of