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  2. 姉

あね

姉

N5

older sister (my own)

ane

Quiz
JLPT
N5
Frequency
#3,990

Meanings

  1. 1
    older sister; elder sisternoun

JMdict 1307630

In a sentence

姉(あね)older sisterは優(やさ)しいkind

My older sister is kind

How it works

は (topic) marks the topic (姉(あね) (older sister)) — “as for my older sister…”. The い-adjective 優しい(やさしい) (kind) then stands alone as the whole predicate; it already means “is kind”, so no です (is) is needed. Dropping that polite ending keeps the sentence plain and relaxed.

Written with

  • 姉elder sister8 strokes

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