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異母妹
いぼまい
1. [n]
▶ half-sister (younger, different mother)



History:
5. A 2014-01-27 07:18:45  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2014-01-27 05:57:57  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
While having entries for 異母 itself, and for 異母兄弟 which appears to be the most common compound, the other combinations are far from rare:

異母	73285
異母兄弟	29721
異母弟	16412
異母兄	14646
異母妹	7514
異母姉妹	7007
異母姉	5091

Probably not a bad idea to include all of the above. It would help EJ searches for "half brother", etc., which at present only get 種変わり.
  Diff:
@@ -12 +12 @@
-<gloss>half (younger) sister</gloss>
+<gloss>half-sister (younger, different mother)</gloss>
3. A* 2014-01-27 04:37:26  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
'same father', rather
2. A* 2014-01-27 04:33:32  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
i want to say that this isn't necessary.  having 異母 should be enough.  if we add ~妹 then it opens up a whole can of worms because we have to add all the rest of 異母~ relations.  the current gloss doesn't even capture the meaning, because it specifically means 'younger half sister (with the same mother)'
1. A* 2014-01-26 06:11:34  Tom Zerlau
  Refs:
http://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=異母姉

http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1011239955

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