姉妹
See also: 姊妹 and 姐妹
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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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 t͡sɨX muʌiH, literally “older sister + younger sister”).
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) しまい [shíꜜmàì] (Atamadaka – [1])[2][3][4]
- IPA(key): [ɕima̠i]
Noun
姉妹 • (shimai)
- (collective) 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 [Brisela, Voice of Nightmares]”, 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
- 兄弟 (kyōdai, “brothers”)
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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姉 | 妹 |
きょうだい | |
Grade: 2 | Grade: 2 |
jukujikun |
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) きょーだい [kyóꜜòdàì] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
- IPA(key): [kʲo̞ːda̠i]
Noun
姉妹 • (kyōdai) ←きやうだい (kyaudai)?
- 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
- 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
- “姉妹”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
- 2000, Jonathan Bunt, Gillian Hall, The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary, First Edition, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN