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Traditional, patriarchal Japanese terms for husband and wife may now be perceived as neutral
- June 3, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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A new study suggests that, for modern Japanese speakers, two traditional, patriarchal words for "husband" ("shujin," literally meaning "master") and "wife" ("kanai," "inside-the-house") may be losing their original meanings, though men in the study evaluated both traditional and neutral words for "husband" more positively than words for "wife."
Originally published at Phys.org