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姉: older sister

姉あね ane

older sister
JLPT N5People · Family & Romance

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Example sentences

My older sister works at a bank.

My sister was the palace saint, and I was the failure of a younger sister.

Driven out, Susanoo said, “Before I go to the Land of Roots where my mother is, I want to see my elder sister Amaterasu,” and he went up to Takamagahara.

From the lesson 誓約とスサノオのあばれ

Ōyamatsumi sent his daughter and her elder sister Iwanagahime, the two of them, to Ninigi.

From the lesson 天孫降臨

But Ninigi sent the elder sister back because her face was not beautiful.

From the lesson 天孫降臨

Ōyamatsumi said sadly, “Had you kept both, your life would have been long like a rock and you would have flourished like blossoms. But since you sent the elder sister back and kept only the younger, your life will be short like a flower.”

From the lesson 天孫降臨

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