Word · 単語
姉さん
Reading ねえさん
older sister
- 1 older sister, elder sister — usu. 姉さん
- 2 young lady — vocative
- 3 miss — referring to a waitress, etc.; usu. 姐さん
- 4 ma'am — used by geisha to refer to their superiors; usu. 姐さん
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.
例文 · examples
姉さんを見習いなさい。
Follow the example of your sister.
sense 1 · older sister
「なあ、そこの姉さん」「え？」「ちょっと相談に乗ってくれないか？」
"Say, you, the lady over there." "Eh?" "Could you give me a bit of advice?"
sense 2 · young lady
ジョーンは姉さんと同じように魅力がある。
Joan is as charming as her sister.
sense 1 · older sister
彼女は姉さんと同じように美しい。
She is no less beautiful than her sister.
sense 1 · older sister
彼女は姉さんほど美しくない。
She is less beautiful than her sister.
sense 1 · older sister