"妹背" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [imo̞se̞] Forms: 妹背 [canonical] (ruby: 妹(いも), 背(せ)), imose [romanization]
Etymology: 妹 (imo, “sister; wife”) + 背 (se, “brother; husband”). Imo comes first likely to avoid hiatus in Old Japanese. Etymology templates: {{af|ja|妹|背|sort=いもせ|t1=sister; wife|t2=brother; husband|tr1=imo|tr2=se}} 妹 (imo, “sister; wife”) + 背 (se, “brother; husband”), {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=いもせ}} Old Japanese Head templates: {{ja-noun|いもせ}} 妹(いも)背(せ) • (imose)
  1. (archaic) sister(s) and brother(s) Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-妹背-ja-noun-MSbEuUjp Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Female family members, Male family members Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Female family members: 57 43 Disambiguation of Male family members: 56 44
  2. (archaic) Synonym of 夫婦 (fūfu, “married couple”) Tags: archaic Synonyms: 夫婦 [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-妹背-ja-noun-S9lE8TDK 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 with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 14 86 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 15 85 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 26 74 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 28 72 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52
     
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