"シスター" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ɕisɨ̥ta̠ː] Forms: shisutā [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from English sister. Compare Korean 시스터 (siseuteo). Etymology templates: {{bor+|ja|en|sister}} Borrowed from English sister, {{cog|ko|시스터}} Korean 시스터 (siseuteo) Head templates: {{ja-noun}} シスター • (shisutā)
  1. (humorous, ironic, colloquial) sister, sis (older or younger) Tags: colloquial, humorous, ironic
    Sense id: en-シスター-ja-noun-GOJnOpH2
  2. (Catholicism) sister, nun Synonyms (Catholic nun): 修道女 (shūdōjo) (ruby: 修道女(しゅうどうじょ))
    Sense id: en-シスター-ja-noun-TJRRlBF1 Categories (other): Catholicism, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese katakana, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Female family members, Female people Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 37 63 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 15 85 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 18 82 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96 Disambiguation of Female family members: 16 84 Disambiguation of Female people: 0 100 Topics: Catholicism, Christianity Disambiguation of 'Catholic nun': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: お姉さん (onē-san) (ruby: (ねえ)), (ane) (ruby: (あね)), (imōto) (ruby: (いもうと)) Coordinate_terms: ブラザー (burazā)

Alternative forms

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    },
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      "ipa": "[ɕisɨ̥ta̠ː]"
    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "onē-san",
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          "姉",
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    "Japanese terms derived from English",
    "Japanese terms spelled with ー",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "(Catholicism) sister, nun"
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          "姉",
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          "姉",
          "あね"
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    },
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          "妹",
          "いもうと"
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    },
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          "しゅうどうじょ"
        ]
      ],
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      "word": "修道女"
    }
  ],
  "word": "シスター"
}

Download raw JSONL data for シスター meaning in Japanese (2.1kB)

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