姉妹

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See also: 姊妹 and 姐妹

Chinese

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

 姉妹 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology 1

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. In turn from Middle Chinese 姊妹 (MC tsiX mwojH, literally “older sister + younger sister”).

Pronunciation

Noun

姉(し)妹(まい) • (shimai) 

  1. sisters
    Hypernym: 同胞 (dōhō, “sibling”)
    • 1999 August 26, “ヂェミナイ・エルフ [Gemini Elves]”, in BOOSTER 4, Konami:
      交(こう)互(ご)に攻(こう)撃(げき)を仕(し)掛(か)けてくる、エルフの双(ふた)子(ご)姉(し)妹(まい)。
      Kōgo ni kōgeki o shikaketekuru, erufu no futago shimai.
      Elvish twin sisters who attack simultaneously.
    • 2016 July 22, “悪(あく)夢(む)の声(こえ)、ブリセラ [Brisela, Voice of Nightmares]”, in 異界月 [Eldritch Moon], Wizards of the Coast:
      姉(し)妹(まい)のなれの果(は)てを知(し)ったシガルダは、ただ咽(むせ)び泣(な)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.
  2. (attributive, business) the status of being a sister
    姉(し)妹(まい)誌(し)
    shimaishi
    sister magazine

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Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
姉 妹
きょうだい
Grade: 2 Grade: 2
jukujikun

Pronunciation

Noun

姉妹(きょうだい) • (kyōdai) ←きやうだい (kyaudai)?

  1. Rare spelling of 兄弟 (“siblings”, literally “brothers”). (sisters)
Usage notes

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

References

  1. ^ “姉妹”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  • 2000, Jonathan Bunt, Gillian Hall, The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary, First Edition, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
姉妹

Noun

姉妹 • (jamae) (hangeul 자매)

  1. Hanja form? of 자매 (“sister, sisters, female siblings”).
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