妹
妹

younger sister

8 strokesFrequency 1,446JLPT N3Grade 2

On

マイ

Kun

いもうと

Nanori

すせも

Memory

Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

younger sister

Constituents

?wood
一one
女woman
木tree
未not yet

Mnemonic Stories

My younger sister is not yet a woman.

My younger sister insists she's a grown woman, but she has not yet figured out how to operate the washing machine.

Dictionary

Common Words

妹いもうとNounFreq #1324
1

younger sister

Examples
あのかわいい少女は私の妹です。
That pretty girl is my sister.
姉妹しまい《きょうだい》NounFreq #3668
1

sisters

Examples
彼の姉妹は二人とも美人です。
Both his sisters are beautiful.
兄妹けいまい《きょうだい》NounFreq #4821
1

older brother and younger sister

Examples
「でも、俺たち兄妹だろ！」「名目上ではね」
"But we're brother and sisters, aren't we?!" "In name we are."
妹さんいもうとさんNounHonorificFreq #8663
1

younger sister

Examples
妹さんが手術後危機を脱したそうで、よかったですね。
I'm glad to hear that your sister is out of danger after her operation.
義妹ぎまい《いもうと》NounFreq #20810
1

sister-in-law (spouse's younger sister or younger brother's wife)

2

younger stepsister; younger adopted sister; non-blood-related younger sister

妹いもNounArchaicFreq #21782
1

Familiar

darling (woman); dear; honey; my betrothed

2

one's sister

3

Familiar; Female

friend

従妹じゅうまい《いとこ》NounFreq #27302
1

cousin (younger female)

《いとこ》従姉妹じゅうしまいNounUsually kanaFreq #28773
1

cousin (female)

Examples
彼の従姉妹は、名前は忘れたが、看護婦だった。
His cousin, whose name I forget, was a nurse.
弟妹ていまい《きょうだい》NounFreq #29270
1

younger brother and sister

妹君いもうとぎみいもぎみまいくんNounHonorificFreq #32125
1

Dated term

(younger) sister

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