Meanings
Suffix
Honorific
1. honorific suffix used after the name of a woman of equal or higher status
Alt. forms
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (13 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 (elder female)
brother and sister
eldest sister; oldest sister
Sister (i.e. a nun; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix)
your elder sister
your older sister; you
sisters of the same mother; uterine sisters
ladies and gentlemen
you (feminine plural); you ladies
one's late elder sister