姉分

Japanese

Kanji in this term
姉	分
あね Grade: 2	ぶん Grade: 2
yutōyomi

Etymology

姉 (ane, “elder sister”) +‎ 分 (-bun, “fixed relationship”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あねぶん [ànéꜜbùǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
IPA^(key): [a̠ne̞bɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

姉(あね)分(ぶん) • (anebun)

sworn elder sister

Synonyms

(sworn elder sister): 義姉(ぎし) (gishi)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “sworn elder sister”): 妹分(いもうとぶん) (imōtobun), 義妹(ぎまい) (gimai)

References

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

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