words for wife (妻/家内/嫁/奥さん)

Japanese has multiple words for one's wife or someone else's wife, each with register and connotation: 妻 (neutral standard for one's own wife), 家内 ('one inside the house', traditional), 嫁 (originally 'bride / daughter-in-law', informal), 奥さん ('lady of the house', polite reference to someone else's wife).