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お姉さん [ichi1] ；お姐さん；御姉さん [sK] ；御姐さん [sK]
【おねえさん [ichi1] 】

[n] [hon]
《usu. お姉さん》
▶ older sister
▶ elder sister

Cross references:
	⇒ see: 1307640 姉さん 1. older sister; elder sister
	⇐ see: 2222580 お姉ちゃん【おねえちゃん】 1. older sister
	⇐ see: 2706170 お姉【おねえ】 1. elder sister

[n]
《vocative》
▶ young lady

Cross references:
	⇒ see: 1307640 姉さん 2. young lady

[n]
《referring to a waitress, etc.; usu. お姐さん》
▶ miss

Cross references:
	⇒ see: 1307640 姉さん 3. miss

[n]
《used by geisha to refer to their superiors; usu. お姐さん》
▶ ma'am

Cross references:
	⇒ see: 1307640 姉さん 4. ma'am

[n]
▶ older girl

History:

9.	A 2023-09-30 22:04:25 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Diff:	@@ -12,0 +13 @@ +<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf> @@ -15,0 +17 @@ +<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
8.	A 2020-04-26 04:09:47 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
7.	A* 2020-04-25 23:44:27 Frazer Robinson <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Bringing into line with 1001830 お兄さん
	Diff:	@@ -25,0 +26 @@ +<gloss>older sister</gloss>
6.	A 2018-02-23 10:18:44 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
5.	A* 2018-02-20 23:16:04 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	"(no relation)" is already implied by the fact that the gloss isn't, well, sister
	Diff:	@@ -31 +31,2 @@ -<gloss>(vocative) young lady</gloss> +<s_inf>vocative</s_inf> +<gloss>young lady</gloss> @@ -36,2 +37,2 @@ -<s_inf>usu. お姐さん</s_inf> -<gloss>miss (referring to a waitress, etc.)</gloss> +<s_inf>referring to a waitress, etc.; usu. お姐さん</s_inf> +<gloss>miss</gloss> @@ -42,2 +43,2 @@ -<s_inf>usu. お姐さん</s_inf> -<gloss>ma'am (used by geisha to refer to their superiors)</gloss> +<s_inf>used by geisha to refer to their superiors; usu. お姐さん</s_inf> +<gloss>ma'am</gloss> @@ -47 +48 @@ -<gloss>older girl (no relation)</gloss> +<gloss>older girl</gloss>
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4.	A 2013-07-22 06:35:52 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
3.	A* 2013-07-22 01:30:09 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	ngrams.
	Comments:	I think that's part of sense 3.
	Diff:	@@ -7,0 +7,3 @@ +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>お姐さん</keb>
2.	A* 2013-07-22 01:20:16 Scott
	Refs:	daijs gg5
	Comments:	There's also a slightly different sense: やあ, そこのお姉さん, どこへ行くの?　Hi there, Beautiful, where are you going? from gg5 Oh, and it's actually really common for younger children to call their elders おにいさん, おねえさん　and also the even more familiar お兄ちゃんお姉ちゃん
	Diff:	@@ -10,0 +10,3 @@ +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>御姐さん</keb>
1.	A* 2013-07-22 01:01:19 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	Discussion on Tatoeba (http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/75614#comments) GG5: 園児たちは中学生のお兄さんやお姉さんと歌ったり踊ったりして楽しい一日を過ごした. The nursery school children had a fun day singing and dancing with older boys and girls from a junior high school.
	Comments:	Tatoeba sentence 75614 uses it this way.
	Diff:	@@ -17,1 +17,1 @@ -<xref type="see" seq="1307640">姉さん</xref> +<xref type="see" seq="1307640">姉さん・1</xref> @@ -24,0 +24,1 @@ +<xref type="see" seq="1307640">姉さん・2</xref> @@ -28,0 +29,1 @@ +<xref type="see" seq="1307640">姉さん・3</xref> @@ -33,0 +35,1 @@ +<xref type="see" seq="1307640">姉さん・4</xref> @@ -36,0 +39,4 @@ +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<gloss>older girl (no relation)</gloss> +</sense>

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