姉妹

Japanese

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Definitions

(collective) sisters
(attributive) the status of being a sister

Etymology

Affix from Japanese 姉 (elder sister) + Japanese 妹 (younger sister)derived from Chinese 姊妹.

Origin

Chinese

姊妹

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

兄妹 Japanese
兄弟 Japanese
兄弟姉妹 Japanese
妹 Japanese
妹分 Japanese
姉 Japanese
姉分 Japanese
姉弟 Japanese
義妹 Japanese
義姉 Japanese
姊妹 Chinese
妹 Old Japanese