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末妹 (まつまい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

末まつ妹まい

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Meanings

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noun

youngest sister

Refers specifically to the youngest sister among siblings. A straightforward kinship term.

彼かの女じょは三さん人にん姉し妹まいの末まつ妹まいです。
She is the youngest of three sisters.
末まつ妹まいはまだ小しょう学がく生せいだ。
My youngest sister is still in elementary school.

Kanji

末end, close, tip
妹younger sister

Similar words

末すえっ子こ
末っ子 is a more common, gender-neutral term for the youngest child in a family, while 末妹 specifically means youngest sister.
妹いもうと
妹 simply means younger sister, without specifying birth order among sisters.

Etymology

Compound of 末 (matsu, 'end, youngest') and 妹 (mai, 'younger sister'). The reading まつまい is a straightforward combination of the on'yomi of the characters.