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    3. お姉さん

    お姉さん

    お​姉ねえさ​ん​

    older sister

    N5KMT8CoreNounFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab15 strokes

    お姐さん御姉さん御姐さん

    おねえさん

    Noun

    1.
    older sister, elder sister
    honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language
    2.
    young lady
    3.
    miss
    4.
    ma'am
    5.
    older girl

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    私わたしにはお姉ねえさんが一ひと人りいます。

    I have one older sister.

    KMT3Family & RelationshipsCore Concepts
    私わたしのお姉ねえさんは来らい月げつ結けっ婚こんする予よ定ていです。

    My older sister is planning to get married next month.

    KMT7Family & RelationshipsDaily Life
    道みちに迷まよっていたら、親しん切せつなお姉ねえさんが助たすけてくれた。

    When I was lost, a kind young lady helped me.

    KMT8Daily Life
    子こ供どもの頃ころ、お姉ねえさんはいつも私わたしの面めん倒どうを見みてくれた。

    When I was a child, my older sister always looked after me.

    KMT8Family & RelationshipsDaily Life
    すみません、そこのお姉ねえさん、道みちを教おしえていただけますか。

    Excuse me, miss, could you please tell me the way?

    KMT8Daily LifeTravel & Transportation

    Characters that make up this word

    姉
    あね・はは…(1)
    elder sister
    Kanji
    お
    o
    Kana
    さ
    sa
    Kana
    ん
    n
    Kana
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