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<entry id="2206845" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>1225890</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>義妹</keb>
<ke_pri>news2</ke_pri>
<ke_pri>nf35</ke_pri>
<ke_pri>spec2</ke_pri>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>ぎまい</reb>
<re_pri>news2</re_pri>
<re_pri>nf35</re_pri>
<re_pri>spec2</re_pri>
</r_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>いもうと</reb>
<re_inf>&ik;</re_inf>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<gloss>sister-in-law (spouse's younger sister or younger brother's wife)</gloss>
</sense>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<gloss>younger stepsister</gloss>
<gloss>younger adopted sister</gloss>
<gloss>non-blood-related younger sister</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2010-09-29 16:09:32" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_refs>http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BE%A9%E5%85%84%E5%BC%9F%E5%A7%89%E5%A6%B9
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/keyword/%B5%C1%CD%FD%A4%CE%CB%E5</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -23,1 +23,2 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;sister in law (younger)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;sister-in-law (younger)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;stepsister (younger)&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2010-09-30 02:22:03" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I can't see support for it meaning "stepsister". That's 継妹, etc.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -24,1 +24,0 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;stepsister (younger)&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2010-10-12 11:54:52" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_diff>@@ -24,0 +24,1 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;stepsister&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2017-10-12 11:10:45" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Annamaria</upd_name>
<upd_detl>less obscure and more casual, I probably went through a hundred+ visual novel character entries with 義妹 or 義姉 while fixing some tags on vndb and none used 継妹 or 継姉 and most weren't in-laws and were either step/adopted or somehow non blood related.
But I get if you want to label it obscure to differentiate from real life and anime usage, though they are both correct.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>https://kotobank.jp/word/義妹
血縁関係はないが、姉妹の約束を交わして妹としている人。妹分。 
 
http://dic.nicovideo.jp/a/%E7%BE%A9%E5%A6%B9</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -21,0 +22,4 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;sister-in-law (younger)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;/sense&gt;
+&lt;sense&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;n;&lt;/pos&gt;
@@ -23,2 +27,3 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;sister-in-law (younger)&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;stepsister&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;younger stepsister&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;younger adopted sister&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;non blood related younger sister&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2017-10-15 04:58:54" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_diff>@@ -29 +29 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;non blood related younger sister&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;non-blood-related younger sister&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-11-17 15:18:02" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>gg5, daij</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -22 +22 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;sister-in-law (younger)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;sister-in-law (spouse's younger sister or younger brothers's wife)&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-11-18 03:00:26" stat="A">
<upd_uid>rene</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Rene Malenfant</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-11-18 10:20:15" stat="A">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_diff>@@ -26 +25,0 @@
-&lt;xref type="see" seq="1524590"&gt;妹&lt;/xref&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2020-04-15 21:14:42" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Opencooper</upd_name>
<upd_diff>@@ -22 +22 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;sister-in-law (spouse's younger sister or younger brothers's wife)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;sister-in-law (spouse's younger sister or younger brother's wife)&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2020-04-15 21:18:49" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-08-21 15:32:35" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>isn't  (spouse's younger sister or younger brother's wife) needlessly wordy?</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -22 +22 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;sister-in-law (spouse's younger sister or younger brother's wife)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;younger sister-in-law&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-08-23 06:29:07" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I guess it's OK but you have to ask "younger than whom?" The person speaking/writing? Or the brother/sister?</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-08-24 13:21:53" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I don't think this works. Your 義妹 can be older than you.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>daijs:  義理の妹。夫または妻の妹、弟の妻など。
https://www.mwed.jp/articles/2228/
"年上の義妹ってやりづらい…呼び方や距離感など"彼女"と上手く付き合っていくコツ"</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-08-27 23:41:36" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>OK, reverting.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -22 +22 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;younger sister-in-law&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;sister-in-law (spouse's younger sister or younger brother's wife)&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>



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