Japanese partners
A while ago on the Honyaku list there was this discussion about terms used to describe “partners,” as in “significant others.” Terms tossed around in the thread included 伴侶, 配偶者, パートナー, 彼氏 and 彼女, and so on.

This screencap is from a survey I filled out after buying a MacBook recently. The question is asking who the primary users are for various computers in my household; I’m the guy using the top three, and my wife uses the fourth, a laptop running Windows. (ME. Shudder.) I thought it was interesting to see that the survey makes room for “your lover, or that special someone” in addition to the “spouse, partner” choices.
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