Keyword
husband
Info
FrequencyTop 100-200
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
?
KankenLevel 7
Heisig901
Readings
ぶ
(85%)
ふ
(5%)
ふう
(3%)
Composed of
two
person
Mnemonic

A husband was traditionally regarded as the head of at least a two person family (the husband and his wife).

Used in kanji (31 in total)
me (boyish)
permanent loss
difficult
replace
Used in vocabulary (207 in total)
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
husband
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman; (arch.) consort (of the emperor) of the third rank (ritsuryō system)
husband and wife; married couple
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara; Edo period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank)
(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand
old couple; elderly couple
sailor; seaman
good-looking man; fine figure of a man
laborer (labourer); construction worker; coolie
great man; hero; big man
conjugal relations; conjugal affection
ingenuity; inventiveness; creative originality
to exercise one's ingenuity; to come up with an ingenious plan
marital quarrel; argument between husband and wife
high steward; grand master
ex-husband; former husband
married life; sexual activities (of a married couple); conjugal intercourse; (sexual) intimacy
profiting while others fight; (lit.) fisherman's profit
ordinary person; unenlightened person
within a marriage; between husband and wife; conjugal
househusband; stay-at-home dad
rickshaw puller; rickshaw driver; rickshaw man
(another's) husband
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; set of two (one large, one small); pair (for husband and wife); his and hers (e.g. teacups)
(working) man; laborer
fisherman
(male) lover
a bit of contrivance; some fiddling; a little ingenuity
gidayū (type of reciting used in the puppet theater)
matrimonial happiness; happy marriage
warrior; soldier; samurai
loving couple; couple of lovebirds; happily married couple (who are always together)
marital quarrel; argument between husband and wife
Mrs; Lady; Madam; your wife
man of humble position; commoner; ordinary man; thoughtless man; man of little worth; person who lacks wisdom
use of separate surnames by a married couple
my spouse; my wife; my husband
couple who only go through the motions of being husband and wife
(system of) optional separate surnames for married couples
one's older sister and her husband
full-time househusband; stay-at-home dad
being a match for thousands; being a mighty warrior (combatant)
marital quarrel; argument between husband and wife
middle-aged couple; middle-aged husband and wife
de facto husband; common-law husband
one's younger sister and her husband
male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
former husband; late husband
woodcutter; lumberjack; logger
deceased husband; late husband
that; he; she; that person
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
heroine; brave woman; spirited woman; woman of strong character; Amazon
a bit of contrivance; some fiddling; a little ingenuity
slave labour; slave labor; compulsory service; forced labour; forced labor; exacted service
my spouse; my wife; my husband
valiant man
old man; elderly man
fireman; stoker
manager (theatrical company)
engagement; betrothal; marriage contract
to treat one's husband with due respect
Chinese scholar-bureaucrat; Chinese scholar-official
married couple with similar tastes or dispositions; like husband, like wife
teacher; wise man; Confucius; the person concerned; you
rickshaw puller; rickshaw driver; rickshaw man
polyandry
reassuring; stout-hearted; firm; courageous
pair of rocks resembling a married couple (one larger representing the husband, one smaller the wife)
(physically) abusive husband; wife beater
railway employee (porter)
divorce; separation
coal miner; collier
adulterer and adulteress; adulterous couple
husband and wife both working (for a living); joint breadwinning (by husband and wife)
former husband; late husband
hero; manly person; warrior
adulterer; paramour
husband and wife travelling together (traveling)
great man; fine figure of a man
(male) lover (esp. of a prostitute); paramour (of a married woman)
gidayū ballad drama (narrative accompanied by a shamisen used in the bunraku puppet theater)
my dear; dear; honey
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara; Edo period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; head of a sarugaku troupe
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; set of two (one large, one small); pair (for husband and wife); his and hers (e.g. teacups)
labourer; laborer; workman
one should not get involved in a marital quarrel
military porter
lover (of a married woman)
pair of teacups (or rice bowls) for a married couple (one large and one small); his and hers teacups; his and hers rice bowls
foolish man; (one's) husband
coward; timid man
chimney sweep; chimney sweeper
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; set of two (one large, one small); pair (for husband and wife); his and hers (e.g. teacups)
lamplighter; town employee who lit oil or gas streetlights
widower; divorced man not remarried
a wife should do her husband's bidding
marrying into the wife's family
foremast hand; common sailor
husband and wife both working (for a living); joint breadwinning (by husband and wife)
laborer; labourer
many people
having a husband; being married
behaving like a married couple; posing as a married couple
male god; male deity
each; respectively
adopting a married couple; married couple adopted into the family
each; respectively
street cleaner; garbage man
coarse men and women
couple in which the wife is bigger than the husband
Buyeo (ancient kingdom bordering China in the north of Korea); Puyŏ
physical and mental disorders in a wife due to her husband's words and actions
manager of itinerant entertainers (Edo period)
couple in which the wife is bigger than the husband
bamboo wife; Dutch wife
(of a third party) to profit from others fighting
widower
coward; timid man
choosing a husband
one's husband
male kitchen worker; cook
loving couple; couple of lovebirds; happily married couple (who are always together)
pimp; brothel tout
high-ranking noh actor; head of a noh school
pair of teacups (or rice bowls) for a married couple (one large and one small); his and hers teacups; his and hers rice bowls
one cannot shake the will of even the lowliest man; a person's will should be respected; even a menial deserves his convictions
behaving like a married couple; posing as a married couple
husband and wife tomb
male cook
male pregnancy (in Boy's Love fiction); mpreg; father-to-be; partner of pregnant woman
adulterer; paramour
each; respectively
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
warrior; soldier; samurai; government official serving the imperial court during the Nara period
Madama Butterfly (opera by Puccini); Madam Butterfly
one should not get involved in a marital quarrel
pimp; procurer; someone who makes their living selling women into prostitution
manly poetic style (e.g. in the Man'yōshū)
manly poetic style (e.g. in the Man'yōshū)
former husband
husband's marital rights
farmer's syndrome; peasant syndrome
second husband
conjugal harmony; concord between husband and wife
clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
you (referring to one's spouse or partner); dear
Ukyō no Daibu (title under the ritsuryō system); high steward
married couple's insurance (i.e. life-insurance policy covering husband and wife)
common-law couple; couple in an illicit union
common-law couple; couple in an illicit union
marital rape; spousal rape
konbu as a betrothal gift (representing fertility and having healthy children)
newly married couple; newlywed couple; newlyweds
one's younger brother and his wife
one's older brother and his wife
Chichibu (former province located in present-day Saitama Prefecture)
love between husband and wife; marital love
one's son and his wife
one's daughter and her husband
male married couple; gay married couple
spouses are mirror images of each other
my love; my dear; darling; my friend; comrade
fourspine sculpin (species of fish, Cottus kazika)
dish of the same ingredient prepared two different ways, stewed together (esp. tofu, specialty of Kyoto)
Examples (200 in total)
"Are you OK?" "I'm fine!"
"Are you all right?" "Yeah, I'm fine."
"Do you think she's okay?" "I don't know."