あねさん – Vocabulary details

あねさん

Meanings

Noun

Honorific

1. older sister; elder sister

usu. 姉さん

姉ねえさんの気き持もちもわからなくはありません。I can't say I don't understand my older sister's feelings.

2. young lady

vocative

そこの姉ねえさん、ちょっと寄よっていかない？Hey, miss, why not stop in for a bit?

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

Alt. forms

Pitch accent

あ

ねさん

Used in: 39

Composed of

あね

older sister; elder sister

Used in vocabulary (4 in total)

あねさんかぶり

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

あねさん女にょう房ぼう

wife who is older than her husband

あねさんにょうぼう

wife who is older than her husband

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Examples (19 in total)

あねさんも笑わらっている。

My older sister is laughing too.

あねさんは本ほん当とう、天てん然ねんだよ。

My big sister is a real airhead.

ふたりはあねさんの同どう期きですよね。

The two of them are my older sister's contemporaries, right?