Illustration: In their family home’s entrance hall, an older teenage girl crouches to straighten her younger sister’s school hat. Both have the same distinctive eyebrows and a similar stubborn cowlick.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

姉し妹まい

shimai

sisters

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれの姉妹しまいは二人ふたりとも美人びじんです。

    Both his sisters are beautiful.

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  2. 姉妹しまいはいますか？

    Do you have any sisters?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 真理まりと真喜まきは姉妹しまいだ。

    Mari and Maki are sisters.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 姉妹

  • 姉elder sisterOnシKunあね・はは
  • 妹younger sisterOnマイKunいもうと

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