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jmdict 1225800 Active (id: 1991021)
義姉 [spec2,news2,nf32]
ぎし [spec2,news2,nf32] あね [ik]
1. [n]
▶ sister-in-law (spouse's older sister or older brother's wife)
2. [n]
▶ older stepsister
▶ older adopted sister
▶ non-blood-related older sister



History:
6. A 2018-11-18 03:00:38  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
5. A* 2018-11-17 15:20:07  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
gg5, daij
  Diff:
@@ -22 +22 @@
-<gloss>sister-in-law (older)</gloss>
+<gloss>sister-in-law (spouse's older sister or older brother's wife)</gloss>
@@ -26 +25,0 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1307630">姉・あね</xref>
4. A 2017-10-15 04:59:31  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -29 +29 @@
-<gloss>non blood related older sister</gloss>
+<gloss>non-blood-related older sister</gloss>
3. A* 2017-10-12 11:10:43  Annamaria
  Refs:
血縁関係はないが、姉妹の約束を交わして姉としている人。 
https://kotobank.jp/word/義姉-473470
  Comments:
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.
  Diff:
@@ -21,0 +22,4 @@
+<gloss>sister-in-law (older)</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
@@ -23,2 +27,3 @@
-<gloss>sister-in-law (elder)</gloss>
-<gloss>stepsister (elder)</gloss>
+<gloss>older stepsister</gloss>
+<gloss>older adopted sister</gloss>
+<gloss>non blood related older sister</gloss>
2. A 2010-10-12 11:55:17  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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