よめ

よめ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
嫁

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jo̞me̞]

Noun

よめ • (yome) 

1. bride
   • 1984 February 20 [Sep 15 1982], Murakami, Motoka, “父(と)っちゃより大(おお)きくの巻(まき) [Ah’ll Be Taller than Pa]”, in 六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)の剣(けん) [Musashi’s Sword], volume 8 (fiction), 6th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 62:

     六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)くん！私(わたくし)たちのこと忘(わす)れないで——‼

     Musashi-kun! Watakushi-tachi no koto wasure nai de——‼

     Musashi-kun! Don’t forget about us——‼

     おやぶーん、いつか帰(かえ)ってこいよ〰‼

     Oyabūn, itsuka kaette koi yo~‼

     Come see us someday, boss〰⁉

     もなみを……六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)くんのお嫁(よめ)さんさしてね〰〰‼

     Monami o…… Musashi-kun no o-yome-san sa shite ne~~‼

     When we grow up…… marry me, okaaay~!?

     (literally, “Make Monami…… Musashi-kun’s bride~!!”)

2. daughter in law
3. (archaic, now chiefly Kansai) wife
4. (Internet slang) waifu or husbando

   Synonym: むこ (muko, “husbando”)

   Coordinate term: むこ (muko, “husbando”)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 花(はな)嫁(よめ) (hanayome)
• 俺(おれ)の嫁(よめ) (ore no yome)
• 嫁(よめ)入(い)り (yomeiri)

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
読め

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jo̞me̞]

Verb

よめ • (yome) 

1. imperative of よむ (yomu)