お姉さん

Japanese

Kanji in this term
姉
ねえ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• お姐さん (rare)

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) おね​えさん [ònéꜜèsàǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [o̞ne̞ːsã̠ɴ]

Noun

お姉(ねえ)さん • (onē-san) 

1. (honorific) elder sister

   Used as term of address to one's own older sister, and to refer to other people's older sisters.

2. young woman, young lady

Synonyms

• 姉(あね) (ane): (humble): Used to refer to one's own older sister when talking to someone else.