夫婦

ふうふ · fuufu · JLPT N3 · noun

marriage

💑 夫婦 = husband + wife; fuu-fu is two fu sounds, one for each spouse

夫 (fu) means husband or man, and 婦 (fu) means wife or woman. Put the two together and you get the couple. The doubled sound helps too: one fu for each partner.

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