しまい
N3 shimai
- 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。
- 姉妹はやっきになって言い争った。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"
}
}