夫婦
【ふうふ】

husband and wife（◆無冠詞で用いることもある）,(married) couple[C],pair[C]《単数または複数扱い》
━━夫婦の
married（◆名詞の前で用いる）
*若［中年,老］夫婦　a young [a middle‐aged, an elderly] couple
*彼らは夫婦だ　They are husband and wife.
*ビルとケイトは申し分のない夫婦だ　Bill and Kate are a perfect couple.
*山道で一組の夫婦連れとすれ違った　I passed a couple on the mountain path.
◆*夫婦になる　get married / 石川さん夫婦　Mr. and Mrs. Ishikawa; Mr. Ishikawa and his wife; the Ishikawas / 父と母はよく夫婦げんかをする　My father and mother often have quarrels [fights].（◆quarrelは「口げんか」,fightは「つかみ合いのけんか」または「口げんか」） / 彼らは夫婦仲がいい　The couple are getting along well (with each other).≒They are happily married. / 今度はご夫婦で（→ご夫人［ご主人］と）おいでください　Please come with your wife [husband] next time.
[複合語]夫婦愛　love between husband and wife / 夫婦関係　marital relations / 夫婦間暴力　domestic [spousal] violence / 夫婦生活　married life / 夫婦年金　a joint‐life annuity [pension] / 夫婦別姓
[参照]⇒ふうふべっせい / おしどり夫婦　a happily‐married couple,《口語的》(a couple of) lovebirds((「おしどり」に揃えた)) / 新婚夫婦　a newly‐married couple, newlyweds((「新婚」に揃えた))
[ことわざ]
*夫婦げんかは犬も食わない　A fight between a married couple is best ignored by everyone else.（→夫婦げんかはほうっておくに限る）

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