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    3. 姉

    姉

    姉あね

    elder sister

    N4KMT8Freq #1473Family & RelationshipsKanji8 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    あねはは

    On'yomi

    シ

    elder sister

    女市

    女
    亠
    巾

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    Concepts using this kanji

    姉

    older sister

    姉妹

    sisters

    お姉さん

    older sister

    姉さん

    older sister

    従姉妹

    cousin (female)

    義姉

    sister-in-law (spouse's older sister or older brother's wife)

    姉者人

    elder sister

    大姉さん

    eldest of one's older sisters

    大姉

    eldest sister

    姉分

    someone who one considers as an elder sister

    姉川の戦い

    Battle of Anegawa (1570)

    姉者

    elder sister

    小姉さん

    youngest of one's older sisters

    お天気お姉さん

    weather girl

    同母姉

    sisters of the same mother

    姉上

    older sister

    長姉

    eldest sister

    次姉

    one's next oldest sister

    義理の姉

    one's sister-in-law

    姉様人形

    paper doll modeled after a kimono-clad woman

    姉さん女房

    wife who is older than her husband

    姉夫婦

    one's older sister and her husband

    姉妹会社

    affiliated company

    お姉系ギャル

    fashion style characterized by brown hair and deep-tanned skin, expensive brand-name clothes and accessories

    お姉系

    fashion style characterized by brown hair and deep-tanned skin, expensive brand-name clothes and accessories

    お義姉さん

    sister-in-law (spouse's older sister or older brother's wife)

    姉妹都市

    sister city

    十姉妹

    Bengalese finch

    令姉

    your elder sister

    お姉さん座り

    sitting on the floor with one's legs tucked under to one side

    亡姉

    one's late elder sister

    従姉

    cousin (older female)

    姉妹品

    sister product

    諸姉

    you (feminine plural)

    姉君

    (elder) sister

    姉妹校

    sister school

    継姉

    step-sister (elder)

    姉妹語

    sister language

    諸兄姉

    ladies and gentlemen

    姉貴

    elder sister

    貴姉

    your older sister

    姉弟

    older sister and younger brother

    天津御姉

    emperor

    異父姉妹

    half-sister (different father)

    姉妹友好都市関係

    sister-city relationship

    姉妹船

    sister ship

    お姉キャラ

    celebrity or comedian (usu. male) taking on an effeminate role (through mannerisms, way of speaking, etc.)

    お姉

    elder sister

    お姉ギャル

    fashion style characterized by brown hair and deep-tanned skin, expensive brand-name clothes and accessories

    姉ちゃん

    (one's) older sister

    お姉ちゃん

    older sister

    姉さんかぶり

    style of wrapping hair with a towel (worn by women while working)

    姉や

    young lady (in ref. to a maid, etc.)

    姉妹編

    companion (sister) volume (to)

    姉娘

    elder daughter

    姉妹館

    sister museum

    姉御

    elder sister

    姉妹愛

    sisterly love

    姉妹染色分体交換

    sister chromatid exchange

    姉羽鶴

    demoiselle crane (Anthropoides virgo)

    姉妹群

    sister group

    兄弟姉妹

    brothers and sisters

    姉御肌

    a woman's natural inclination to care for others

    乳姉妹

    foster sister

    棒姉妹

    pogo sisters

    愚姉

    older sister

    兄姉

    older brother and older sister

    実姉

    biological older sister

    姉妹艦

    sister ship

    姉妹丼

    threesome including two women who are sisters

    姉婿

    the husband of one's elder sister

    竿姉妹

    women who have had sex with the same man

    姉妹喧嘩

    quarrel between sisters

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 亠
    • 女
    • 巾

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    • お姉さん
    • 義姉
    • 兄姉
    • 姉
    • 姉さん
    • 姉貴
    • 姉御
    • 姉上
    • 姉弟
    • 姉妹会社
    • 姉妹都市
    • 従姉
    • 従姉妹
    • 天津御姉
    • 亡姉
    • 姉妹
    • 令姉
    • 貴姉
    • 実姉
    • 諸姉
    • 姉婿
    • 姉様人形
    • 同母姉
    • 姉妹喧嘩
    • 姉妹校
    • 姉妹編
    • 十姉妹
    • 義理の姉
    • 姉君
    • お姉系ギャル
    • お姉系
    • お姉ギャル
    • 兄弟姉妹
    • 姉さん女房
    • 姉ちゃん
    • 愚姉
    • お姉ちゃん
    • 姉さんかぶり
    • 長姉
    • 大姉
    • 姉や
    • 姉妹友好都市関係
    • 継姉
    • 姉分
    • お姉キャラ
    • 姉妹染色分体交換
    • お姉
    • 姉妹語
    • 姉御肌
    • 姉川の戦い
    • 姉羽鶴
    • 異父姉妹
    • 姉娘
    • 姉者人
    • 姉者
    • 竿姉妹
    • 姉妹艦
    • 姉妹船
    • 乳姉妹
    • 諸兄姉
    • 姉妹群
    • 姉妹丼
    • 棒姉妹
    • 姉妹愛
    • お姉さん座り
    • 姉夫婦
    • 姉妹品
    • 小姉さん
    • 大姉さん
    • お天気お姉さん
    • 姉妹館
    • お義姉さん
    • 次姉

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