Meaning

Primary

To Marry

Alternative

To Marry Into

Word Type

intransitive verb, godan verb

Explanation

Because the hiragana ends with an sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means bride and the verb vocab version is to marry, because you can't really "to bride" someone.

嫁ぐ is often used when describing how someone has or is going to marry into another family.

Reading

とつぐ
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

Imagine you're getting married to a valley girl. You're all like. Hey, I'm gonna marry you! And she's all like Tots (とつ), we gonna get, like, married! Imagine her saying more "tots" things (tots = short for totally in valley girl speak, at least in my imagination).

Context

Patterns of Use

Common Word Combinations

  • 嫁いだ先

    the family one married into

    嫁いだ娘

    daughter-in-law, daughter who married into another family

    嫁いだ家

    the family one married into

Context Sentences

嫁ぎたての頃は、息子の嫁はかまととぶっていました。

Around the time they got married, my son’s wife pretended she was a prude.

Kanji Composition