妹分

Japanese

Kanji in this term
妹	分
いもうと Grade: 2	ぶん Grade: 2
yutōyomi

Etymology

妹 (imōto, “younger sister”) +‎ 分 (-bun, “fixed relationship”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いもーとぶん [ìmóótóꜜbùǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [imo̞ːto̞bɯ̟̃ɴ]

Noun

妹(いもうと)分(ぶん) • (imōtobun)

sworn younger sister

Synonyms

(sworn younger sister): 義妹(ぎまい) (gimai)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “sworn younger sister”): 姉分(あねぶん) (anebun), 義姉(ぎし) (gishi)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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