お姉さん

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Japanese

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

Alternative spelling
お姐さん (rare)

Etymology

お +‎ 姉 +‎ さん

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おねえさん (Nakadaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

お姉(ねえ)さん • (onē-san)

(honorific) elder sister: used as term of address to one's own older sister, and to refer to other people's older sisters
- 1994 January 20 [1988 December 17], Akira Oze, “第４話　兄の命 [Chapter 4: Brother’s Life]”, in 夏子の酒 [Natsuko’s Saké], 14th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tōkyō: Kōdansha, →ISBN, page 93:
  
  義姉(ねえ)さん
  夏(なっ)ちゃん
  なんで義姉(ねえ)さんが働(はたら)いてるの？休(やす)んでればいいのに
  いいのこのほうが気(き)がまぎれるし……手(て)が足(た)りないの
  Nē-san
  Natchan
  Nan de nē-san ga hataraiteru no? Yasundere ba ii no nī
  I no kono hō ga ki ga magireru shi…… Te ga tarinai no
  Sister!
  Natchan!
  Why are you working, sister? You should be resting.
  I needed a distraction… Besides, there aren’t enough hands around here.
young woman, young lady

Synonyms

姉(あね) (ane): (humble): Used to refer to one's own older sister when talking to someone else.
お姉(ねえ)ちゃん (onē-chan): (term of endearment): elder sister, big sis
姉(ねえ)さん (nē-san)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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