糟糠の妻

Japanese
Kanji in this term
糟 糠 妻
そう
Hyōgaiji		 こう
Hyōgaiji		 つま
Grade: 5
on’yomi kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
糟糠之妻

Etymology

Composed of 糟糠 (sōkō, “sake lees and rice bran”, by extension, “poor, coarse, unrefined food”) + の (no, “possessive particle”) + 妻 (tsuma, “wife”).[1][2][3][4][5]

Calque of Literary Chinese 糟糠之妻.

First attested in a text from the 1170s.[2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) そーこーのつま [sòókóó nó tsúmá] (Heiban – [0])[6]
  • (Tokyo) そ​ーこーのつま [sóꜜòkòò nò tsùmà] (Atamadaka – [1])[6]
  • IPA(key): [so̞ːko̞ː no̞ t͡sɨᵝma̠]

Noun

糟(そう)糠(こう)の妻(つま) • (sōkō no tsuma) 

  1. [from late 1170s] a faithful wife who has been with one through tough times and shared hardships

Synonyms
  • 糟(そう)粕(はく)の妻(つま) (sōhaku no tsuma)

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. “糟糠の妻”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  5. “糟糠の妻”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
  6. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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