姉妹
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Chinese[edit]
| For pronunciation and definitions of 姉妹 – see 姊妹 (“elder sister and younger sister; sisters; sister; etc.”). (This term is a variant form of 姊妹). |
Japanese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 姉 | 妹 |
| し Grade: 2 |
まい Grade: 2 |
| goon | |
From Old Japanese. First attested in the Man'yōshū of 759.[1] In turn from Middle Chinese 姊妹 (MC tsiX mwojH, literally “older sister + younger sister”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- sisters
- Hypernym: 同胞 (dōhō, “sibling”)
- 1999 August 26, “ヂェミナイ・エルフ [Gemini Elves]”, in BOOSTER 4, Konami:
- 交互に攻撃を仕掛けてくる、エルフの双子姉妹。
- Kōgo ni kōgeki o shikaketekuru, erufu no futago shimai.
- Elvish twin sisters who attack simultaneously.
- 交互に攻撃を仕掛けてくる、エルフの双子姉妹。
- 2016 July 22, “悪夢の声、ブリセラ”, in 異界月 [Eldritch Moon], Wizards of the Coast:
- 姉妹のなれの果てを知ったシガルダは、ただ咽び泣くことしかできなかった。
- Shimai no narenohate o shitta Shigaruda wa, tada musebinaku koto shika dekinakatta.
- Upon discovering what had become of her sisters, Sigarda could only weep.
- 姉妹のなれの果てを知ったシガルダは、ただ咽び泣くことしかできなかった。
- (attributive, business) the status of being a sister
- 姉妹誌
- shimaishi
- sister magazine
- 姉妹誌
See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 姉 | 妹 |
| きょうだい | |
| Grade: 2 | Grade: 2 |
| jukujikun | |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
姉妹 • (kyōdai) ←きやうだい (kyaudai)?
Usage notes[edit]
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.
See also[edit]
- 義姉妹 (gishimai), 義姉妹 (gikyōdai)
- 乳姉妹 (chikyōdai, “foster sisters”)
- 従姉妹 (itoko)
- 十姉妹 (jūshimatsu)
- 姉弟 (shitei)
- 兄妹 (keimai)
- 弟妹 (teimai)
References[edit]
- ^ “姉妹”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- 2000, Jonathan Bunt, Gillian Hall, The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary, First Edition, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
Korean[edit]
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 姉 | 妹 |
Noun[edit]
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