妹分

Japanese

Kanji in this term
いもうと
Grade: 2
ぶん
Grade: 2
yutōyomi

Etymology

(imōto, younger sister) +‎ (-bun, fixed relationship)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) もーとぶん [ìmóótóꜜbùǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [imo̞ːto̞bɯ̟̃ɴ]

Noun

(いもうと)(ぶん) • (imōtobun

  1. sworn younger sister

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN