姉妹

From 姉 (shi, “elder sister”) +‎ 妹 (mai, “younger sister”), from Chinese 姊妹.

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) し​まい [shíꜜmàì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ɕima̠i]
  • Homophone: 仕舞

姉妹 (hiragana しまい, rōmaji shimai)

1. (collective) sisters
   • 1999 August 26, “ヂェミナイ・エルフ [Jemini Elves]”, in BOOSTER 4, Konami:

     交 (こう)互 (ご)に攻 (こう)撃 (げき)を仕 (し)掛 (か)けてくる、エルフの双 (ふた)子 (ご)姉 (し)妹 (まい)。

     Kōgo ni kōgeki o shikaketekuru, erufu no futago shimai.

     Elvish twin sisters who attack simultaneously.

   • 2016 July 22, “悪あく夢むの声こえ、ブリセラ [Brisela, Voice of Nightmares]”, in 異界月 [Eldritch Moon], Wizards of the Coast:

     姉 (し)妹 (まい)のなれの果 (は)てを知 (し)ったシガルダは、ただ咽 (むせ)び泣 (な)くことしかできなかった。

     Shimai no narenohate o shitta Shigaruda wa, tada musebinaku koto shika dekinakatta.

     Upon discovering what had become of her sisters, Sigarda could only weep.

2. (attributive, business) the status of being a sister

   姉 (し)妹 (まい)誌 (し)

   shimaishi

   sister magazine

Jukujikun (熟字訓).

姉妹 (hiragana きょうだい, rōmaji kyōdai, historical hiragana きやうだい)

1. Alternative spelling of 兄弟 (“siblings”, literally “brothers”) (sisters)

• 姉 (し)弟 (てい) (shitei)
• 兄 (けい)妹 (まい) (keimai)

• 2000, Jonathan Bunt, Gillian Hall, The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary, First Edition, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN