姉さん (ねえさん) — older sister, young lady

姉ねえさん older sister

Frequency #4034 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. Grade 2 3 characters noun

neesan

ねえさん

Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low. ねえさん[1] atamadaka 頭高

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Meanings

older sister
young lady

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

ねえ姉 elder sister

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Words with 姉 (5)

姉(あね) ane elder sister 姉(し)妹(まい) shimai sisters 姉(あね)歯(は) aneha Aneha (surname) 姉(ねえ)ちゃん neechan older sister お姉(ねえ)さん oneesan young lady (vocative)

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Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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Words with 姉 (5)

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