ねえさん – Vocabulary details

ねえさん

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

ね

えさん

Used in: 279

Composed of

ねえ

older sister

Used in vocabulary (3 in total)

おねえさん

older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl

おおねえさん

eldest of one's older sisters

ねえさんかぶり

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

Examples (19 in total)

ねえさんも笑わらっている。

My older sister is laughing too.

ねえさんは本ほん当とう、天てん然ねんだよ。

My big sister is a real airhead.

ふたりはねえさんの同どう期きですよね。

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