The Japanese word for sister is
姉妹
しまい - shimai姉-older sister (ane), 妹-younger sister (imoto)
Japanese Definition
| sister | |
| 1. 名詞. 姉、妹、姉妹。 | |
| 2. 名詞. 修道女。 | |
| 3. 形容詞. 姉妹の |
Translations for sister and their definitions
| 姉妹 | |
| 1. n. sisters | |
| (hypernyms, ja, 同胞, tr1=dōhō, t1=sibling) | |
| 2. n. (attributive business) the status of being a sister | |
| 姉妹誌 - sister magazine | |
| 3. n. (rare sp, ja, 兄弟, , siblings, lit=brothers) (sisters) | |
| 4. n. Usage: Generally used to specifically refer to an elder sister and a younger sister, while utilizing the more common kyōdai reading to express the siblings sense. |
| 姉 | |
| 1. n. elder sister | |
| 2. n. Usage: * This term conveys neither positive nor negative connotations and is often used in objective narrations. However, using it to describe someone the speaker knows personally is often cons |
| お姉さん | |
| 1. n. (honorific) elder sister: (used as term of address to one's own older sister, and to refer to other people's older sisters) | |
| 2. n. young woman, young lady |
| 妹 | |
| 1. n. one's sister regardless of age difference | |
| 2. n. one's lover or sweetheart who is the subject of marriage or is already married | |
| 3. n. one's own younger sister | |
| 4. n. the wife of one's younger brother; one's sister-in-law | |
| 5. n. a younger female | |
| 6. n. (ja-altread, hira=いもっ) | |
| 7. n. (Kagoshima) younger sister | |
| 8. n. (rare) (Same as , いもうと, tr=imōto above) | |
| 9. affix. (Same as , いもうと, tr=imōto above) |
| シスター | |
| 1. n. (jocular ironic, colloquial) sister, sis (older or younger) | |
| 2. n. (Catholicism) sister, nun |
| 修道女 | |
| 1. n. (Catholicism) A nun |
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