シ
Meanings
Suffix
Honorific
1. honorific suffix used after the name of a woman of equal or higher status
Alt. forms
Pitch accent
⚠
シ
Used in vocabulary (17 in total)
older sister
older sister and younger brother
sister-in-law (spouse's older sister or older brother's wife); older stepsister; older adopted sister; non-blood-related older sister
cousin (older female)
older brother and older sister
king's elder sister
older half-sister (by a different mother)
eldest sister; oldest sister
Sister (i.e. a nun; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix)
one's next oldest sister; second elder sister
your elder sister
older half-sister (by a different father)
your older sister; you
you (feminine plural); you ladies
sisters of the same mother; uterine sisters
ladies and gentlemen
one's late elder sister