WORD DETAIL
妻帯者
さいたいしゃ
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Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure:
妻帯者is readさいたいしゃand means a man who has a wife. - Basic usage: It formally describes a married man in registers or introductions to a person.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Gender and scope
既婚者means a married person without specifying gender. Do not extend妻帯者to all married people regardless of gender.
- Assumptions about family
妻帯者alone does not establish that the man has children or lives in the same place as his spouse.

