姉分

姉分

Japanese

Kanji in this term
姉	分
あね Grade: 2	ぶん Grade: 2
yutōyomi

Etymology

姉 (ane, “elder sister”) +‎ 分 (-bun, “fixed relationship”)

Pronunciation

• Yutōyomi
  • (Tokyo) あね​ぶん [ànéꜜbùǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [a̠ne̞bɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

姉分 (hiragana あねぶん, rōmaji anebun)

1. sworn elder sister

Synonyms

• (sworn elder sister): 義 (ぎ)姉 (し) (gishi)

Antonyms

• (sworn elder sister): 妹分 (いもうとぶん) (imōtobun), 義妹 (ぎまい) (gimai)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN