"お姉さん" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [o̞ne̞ːsã̠ɴ] Forms: お姉さん [canonical] (ruby: (ねえ)), onē-san [romanization]
Etymology: お + 姉 + さん Etymology templates: {{affix|ja|お-|姉|-さん}} お + 姉 + さん Head templates: {{ja-noun|おねえ-さん}} お姉(ねえ)さん • (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 Tags: honorific Categories (topical): Female family members
    Sense id: en-お姉さん-ja-noun-e~jQIBcy Disambiguation of Female family members: 47 53 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms prefixed with お, Japanese terms suffixed with さん, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 94 6 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 95 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms prefixed with お: 83 17 Disambiguation of Japanese terms suffixed with さん: 90 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 83 17 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 92 8 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5
  2. young woman, young lady Categories (topical): Female family members
    Sense id: en-お姉さん-ja-noun-lb-l4eDw Disambiguation of Female family members: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 姉:: Used to refer to one's own older sister when talking to someone else (ane) (ruby: (あね)) [humble], お姉ちゃん: (onē-chan) (ruby: (ねえ)) (english: elder sister, big sis), 姉さん (nē-san) (ruby: (ねえ))
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          "ref": "1994 January 20 [1988 December 17], Akira Oze, “第4話 兄の命 [Chapter 4: Brother’s Life]”, in 夏子の酒 [Natsuko’s Saké], 14th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tōkyō: Kōdansha, →ISBN, page 93:",
          "roman": "Nē-san\nNatchan\nNan de nē-san ga hataraiteru no? Yasundere ba ii no nī\nI no kono hō ga ki ga magireru shi…… Te ga tarinai no",
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Download raw JSONL data for お姉さん meaning in Japanese (3.0kB)

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