a faithful wife who has been with one through tough times and shared hardships

a cheating wife, an adultress.

Synonym of 前妻 (konami, “first wife”)

Synonym of 正妻 (sēsai, “legal wife”)

Synonym of 正妻 (sēsai, “legal wife”)

Synonym of 正妻 (sēsai, “legal wife”)

(Classical Japanese, obsolete) one’s spouse, mate; wife, husband

(literary) wife and children

(offensive, Internet slang) a man whose age is greater than about thirty or forty who lives in one's child room and with one's parent(s).

polyandry (plurality of husbands at the same time)