お姉さん

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ねえ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
お姐さん (rare)

Etymology

+ + さん

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) えさん [ònéꜜèsàǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞ne̞ːsã̠ɴ]

Noun

(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
    • 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:
      義姉(ねえ)さん
      (なっ)ちゃん
      なんで義姉(ねえ)さん(はたら)いてるの?(やす)んでればいいのに
      いいのこのほうが()がまぎれるし……()()りないの
      Nē-san
      Natchan
      Nan de nē-san ga hataraiteru no? Yasundere ba ii no nī
      I no kono hō ga ki ga magireru shi…… Te ga tarinai no
      Sister!
      Natchan!
      Why are you working, sister? You should be resting.
      I needed a distraction… Besides, there aren’t enough hands around here.
  2. young woman, young lady

Synonyms

  • (あね) (ane): (humble): Used to refer to one's own older sister when talking to someone else.
  • (ねえ)ちゃん (onē-chan): (term of endearment): elder sister, big sis
  • (ねえ)さん (nē-san)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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