"imouto" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: imoutos [plural]
Etymology: A character-for-character romanisation of the Hiragana form of Japanese いもうと (imōto). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|いもうと|tr=imōto}} Japanese いもうと (imōto) Head templates: {{en-noun}} imouto (plural imoutos)
  1. (anime and manga slang) A little sister Tags: slang
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          "ref": "1999 January 10, Animeg3282, “Recent flow of posters from AFSM to AGFF and vice versa...”, in alt.games.final-fantasy (Usenet):",
          "text": "::laughs:: it's ok. Josh only tolerates it becuase ^([sic]) I'm his imouto and am only joking.",
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          "ref": "1999 July 13, Vctr113062, “[TK3 fanfic] \"Phoenix\" Ch. 19, 2/4”, in alt.games.video.sony-playstation (Usenet):",
          "text": "The mirror was going to take you, just like it - like it almost took Mom, and Dad, and imouto. I couldn't let it take you... I love you, onee-san. Please, can you ever forgive me?",
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          "ref": "2007 February 1, Abraham Evangelista, “10 Year Retrospective - My Least Favorites”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):",
          "text": "Second, why do all the girls correspond so well to accepted anime character archetypes? (We have at the least, Triela the tsundere, Claes the incho, Rico the bokke, Angelica as the sick girl, and Henrietta the imouto.)",
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          "ref": "2011 January 30, Captain Nerd, “Jan '11 New Anime series - my thoughts thru 3 eps”, in rec.arts.anim.misc (Usenet):",
          "text": "I have to say I didn't have trouble with the cannon fodder, although the imouto is *extremely* annoying and needs a good spanking. She's too old to be acting like a brat.",
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          "ref": "2015 September 20, pataphor, “Bantu versus Baby5: A critique of utilitarianism”, in alt.angst (Usenet):",
          "text": "I mean, an utilitarian analysis, knowing in hindsight that little imoutos are the best thing that can happen to any anime lover, would clearly have revealed that her constantly kicking my balls when we were small enough to share a bath tub was not to be mistaken for ill intent, and that her nagging about my bicycle riding style when I carried her on the back seat was just natural",
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          "ref": "1999 January 10, Animeg3282, “Recent flow of posters from AFSM to AGFF and vice versa...”, in alt.games.final-fantasy (Usenet):",
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          "text": "Second, why do all the girls correspond so well to accepted anime character archetypes? (We have at the least, Triela the tsundere, Claes the incho, Rico the bokke, Angelica as the sick girl, and Henrietta the imouto.)",
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