姉さん – vocab dash

姉ねえさん

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Meanings

Noun

1. older sister; elder sister (Honorific, 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)

Other spellings

姐ねえさん

Other readings

Kanji used

Kanji in other spellings

Pitch accent

ねえさん

Used in vocabulary

style of wrapping hair with a towel (worn by women while working)

Noun

eldest of one's older sisters

Noun

Examples15

ジョーンは姉ねえさんと同おなじように魅み力りょくがある。

Joan is as charming as her sister.

「なあ、そこの姉ねえさん」「え？」「ちょっと相そう談だんに乗のってくれないか？」

"Say, you, the lady over there." "Eh?" "Could you give me a bit of advice?"

彼かの女じょは姉ねえさんほど美うつくしくない。

She is less beautiful than her sister.

彼かれの姉ねえさんはすごい美び人じんだ。

His sister is a real beauty.

姉ねえさんと比くらべると、彼かの女じょはあまり時じ間かんを取とらない。

Compared with her sister, she isn't very punctual.

あなたの姉ねえさんはピアノが上手じょうずですね。

Your sister is a good pianist, isn't she?