めおと
Meanings
Noun
1. married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
2. his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
when read as "めおと"
Pitch accent
おと
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
husband and wife travelling together (traveling)
behaving (posing) as if they were a married couple
adopting a married couple; married couple adopted into the family
Examples (18 in total)
We're a married couple.
They became man and wife.
The priest pronounced them man and wife.
The couple led a happy life.
Tom and Mary are still married.
To tell the truth, they are not husband and wife.
The burglar locked the couple in the basement.
Everyone sympathized with the parents about their son's death.
More and more married couples share household chores.
It is hard for the couple to live together any longer.
The couple separated, never to see each other again.
The couple named their first child Mark.
The couple spent a lot of money on furnishing their house.
The new couple have gone off to Hawaii on their honeymoon.
When I visited their apartment, the couple was right in the middle of an argument.
The couple doesn't fight often these days, but they used to a lot.
The guests wished the happy couple a long and prosperous life.
The Murais have been married for ten years.