noun

  1. sister-in-law (spouse's younger sister or younger brother's wife).
  2. younger stepsister, younger adopted sister, non-blood-related younger sister.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
義妹 ぎまい
いもうと
義妹
義妹 いもうと

Contained Kanji Breakdown

righteousness, justice, morality
ギ よし ただし (5th, N1)
sheep(羊) variant
to divide
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)
ego, I, selfish
わが- われ わ (6th, N1)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
halberd, arms, festival car
ほこ カ ほこづくり (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
ヨク いぐるみ (Kentei 1)
younger sister
いもうと マイ す (2nd, N4)
woman, female
ジョ おんな め (1st, N5)
un-, not yet, hitherto
ミ いま.だ ビ (4th, N3)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)