義ぎ姉し

noun

sister-in-law (older)

Refers specifically to an older sister-in-law: either the speaker's spouse's older sister, or the wife of the speaker's older brother. The reading is ぎし; the gikun reading あね is rare and archaic.

• 義ぎ姉しは来らい月げつ、結けっ婚こんするそうです。

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

• 兄あにの妻つま、つまり義ぎ姉しが料りょう理りを教おしえてくれた。

  My older brother's wife, that is, my sister-in-law, taught me how to cook.

noun

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

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

• 彼かの女じょは私わたしの義ぎ姉しで、父ちちの再さい婚こん相あい手ての連つれ子こです。

  She is my older stepsister, the child of my father's new spouse.

• 義ぎ姉しとして育そだった彼かの女じょは、実じつの姉あねのように感かんじる。

  Having grown up as my non-blood-related older sister, she feels like a real older sister to me.