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寡婦

Also known as widow madam

夫と死別または離別し、再婚していない女性

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A widow is a woman whose spouse has died and who has not remarried, while a widower is the male equivalent. These terms matter because they distinguish people whose marriages have ended through death from those who have divorced or are still married.

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Patron saint: Elizabeth Ann Seton

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different from: Widow
Commons category: Widows
opposite of: wife
has characteristic: widowhood
described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

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Article · 日本語

寡婦（かふ）とは、夫と死別又は離別し、再婚していない女性、夫のない独身の女性を意味する。別名では、寡（やもめ）、女寡（おんなやもめ）、後家（ごけ）、未亡人（みぼうじん）などがある。寡（やもめ）という言葉は本来、男女双方を指し、男性の場合は寡夫（かふ）、鰥・鰥夫・寡男（やもお）、男鰥・男寡（おとこやもめ）などともいう。

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