1A bride — the woman at her own wedding.
姉は来週、白いドレスを着た嫁として結婚式に立つ。
Next week my older sister will stand at her wedding as the bride in a white dress.
嫁入り道具を実家からトラックで運んだ。
We carried the bride's dowry items from her family home by truck.
嫁として夫の家族に温かく迎えられた。
She was warmly welcomed by her husband's family as the new bride.
2One's son's wife — the woman married to one's child.
うちの嫁はいつも義理の両親を気遣ってくれる。
My daughter-in-law is always considerate toward her in-laws.
息子の嫁とは月に一度、一緒に食事をする。
I have a meal with my son's wife once a month.
姑と嫁の関係は昔からドラマの定番テーマだ。
The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has long been a classic drama theme.
3In Kansai dialect, a casual way of referring to one's own wife.
「うちの嫁、めっちゃ料理うまいねん」と大阪の友人が言った。
"My wife's cooking is amazing," my friend from Osaka said.
関西の芸人はよく「嫁はんが」と自分の妻の話をする。
Kansai comedians often talk about their own wives using "嫁はん."