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

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

Noun

妹分 (hiragana いもうとぶん, rōmaji imōtobun)

sworn younger sister

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

(sworn younger sister): 姉分 (あねぶん) (anebun), 義 (ぎ)姉 (し) (gishi)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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