小しょう妹まい

noun

little sister; younger sister

Neutral noun for a younger sister. Not inherently humble; used in general descriptions.

• 彼かの女じょは小しょう妹まいと一いっ緒しょに住すんでいる。

  She lives with her younger sister.

noun

my younger sister

Humble term used when referring to one's own younger sister to someone outside the family.

• 小しょう妹まいはまだ学がく生せいでございます。

  My younger sister is still a student.

pronoun

I; me

Humble first-person pronoun used mainly by young women in letters or formal writing. Rare in modern spoken Japanese.

• 小しょう妹まいは先せん日じつ、京きょう都とへ参まいりました。

  I went to Kyoto the other day.