お義ね姉えさん

noun

sister-in-law (older)

Specifically refers to one's spouse's older sister or one's older brother's wife. Polite term used within the family or when speaking about her to others.

• お義姉ねえさんが来らい月げつ結けっ婚こんするそうです。

  I heard that my sister-in-law is getting married next month.

• お義姉ねえさんに子こ供どもが生うまれた。

  My sister-in-law had a baby.

noun

older stepsister; older adopted sister; non-blood-related older sister

Used for an older female sibling not related by blood, such as a stepsister, adopted sister, or a close family friend treated as an older sister. Less common than the sister-in-law sense.

• 彼かの女じょは私わたしのお義姉ねえさんで、父ちちの再さい婚こん相あい手ての娘むすめです。

  She is my older stepsister, the daughter of my father's new wife.

• 小ちいさい頃ころからお義姉ねえさんと呼よんでいる。

  I've called her my older sister since I was little, though we're not related by blood.