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しまい

N3
shimai
  1. sisters
noun

Also written 姉妹

Chinese meanings

姐妹

Examples

  • 彼の姉妹は二人とも美人です。
    Both his sisters are beautiful.
    他的两个姐妹都是美女。
  • 姉し妹まいはやっきになって言いい争あらそった。
    The sisters dueled with each other verbally.
    姐妹俩激烈地争吵了起来。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('5e5a5dfee9'); // しまい
{
  "id": "5e5a5dfee9",
  "word": "しまい",
  "reading": "しまい",
  "romaji": "shimai",
  "meanings": [
    "sisters"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1579490,
  "other_forms": [
    "姉妹"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼の姉妹は二人とも美人です。",
      "en": "Both his sisters are beautiful.",
      "tatoeba_id": 117217
    },
    {
      "ja": "姉妹はやっきになって言い争った。",
      "furigana": "{姉妹|しまい}はやっきになって{言|い}い{争|あらそ}った。",
      "en": "The sisters dueled with each other verbally.",
      "tatoeba_id": 168884
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "8e4abd69c6236c40ca0e5f55286169fff9e1fa6fe0e720ae4cd1c28ed96995ef",
    "meanings": [
      "姐妹"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼の姉妹は二人とも美人です。",
        "zh": "他的两个姐妹都是美女。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "姉妹はやっきになって言い争った。",
        "zh": "姐妹俩激烈地争吵了起来。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/5e5a5dfee9",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1579490; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "f4176f66de1201c6c8252a2b93ebc3ef236f809b60dd233b9ac0e59fbed3b8f0",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}