Entry
  1. Noun

    wife who lives elsewhere but regularly visits her husband

    通い妻とは名前の通り、妻が夫の元に通う結婚形態の事である。
    A 'commuting wife' is just what the name says, it's a form of marriage where the wife travels to her husband's side.
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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.

Kun
とお.るとお.り-とお.り-どお.りとお.すとお.し-どお.しかよ.う
On
ツウ
Strokes
10
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
80 of 2500
Radical
walk
WaniKani
Level 7

Built from

Used in names as

とんどうしどおりみち

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-3-7, 3-2-7SKIP code
2q7.18The Kanji Dictionary
3730.2Four corner code
3553deroo
901aUnicode hex code
1-36-44JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4703Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6063New Nelson (John Haig)
3109New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3855Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1982Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2678Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1408Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1511Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
71A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1239Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
201Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
38892PMorohashi
176A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
150Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
150Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
281sakade
261Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
193henshall3
198Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
97crowley
204Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.11busy_people
695Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1420Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
tong1, tong4Pinyin reading
tongKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
7WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

wife, spouse

Kun
つま
On
サイ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N3
Frequency
691 of 2500
Radical
woman
WaniKani
Level 20

Built from

Used in names as

ずま

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-5-3SKIP code
3e5.10The Kanji Dictionary
5040.4Four corner code
1469deroo
59bbUnicode hex code
1-26-42JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1206Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1200New Nelson (John Haig)
2558New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3166Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1628Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2214Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1889Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2035Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
767A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
959Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
861Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
6140Morohashi
681A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
671Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
682Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
790sakade
449Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
708henshall3
683Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
596Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
427Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1907Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qi1, qi4Pinyin reading
cheoKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
20WaniKani level