WORD DETAIL
嫁姑
よめしゅうとめ
Examples
Included kanji
Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure:
嫁姑is readよめしゅうとめand jointly refers to a daughter-in-law and her mother-in-law. - Basic usage: It is used to describe their conversations or daily life together.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- The two components
- In this relationship,
嫁means the daughter-in-law and姑means the mother-in-law.姑is readしゅうとめ.
- In this relationship,
- Relationship and tone
- The word itself names a family relationship. The surrounding description establishes the tone, as in the examples of discussing kitchen use or warmly portraying daily life.

