お姉さん

Japanese
Kanji in this term
姉
ねえ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms
  • お姐さん (rare)

Pronunciation

Noun

お姉さん (hiragana おねえさん, rōmaji onē-san)

  1. (honorific) elder sister
    Used as term of address to one's own older sister, and to refer to other people's older sisters.
  2. young woman, young lady

Synonyms
  • 姉 (あね) (ane): (humble): Used to refer to one's own older sister when talking to someone else.

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