義ぎ妹まい

noun

sister-in-law (spouse's younger sister or younger brother's wife)

Refers specifically to a younger sister-in-law by marriage. For an older sister-in-law, 義姉 (ぎし) is used.

• 義ぎ妹まいはまだ大だい学がく生せいです。

  My sister-in-law is still a university student.

• 弟おとうとの奥おくさん、つまり義ぎ妹まいが料りょう理りを手伝てつだってくれた。

  My younger brother's wife, that is, my sister-in-law, helped with the cooking.

noun

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

Used for a younger sister who is not related by blood, such as through remarriage or adoption. The reading いもうと is a gikun reading sometimes used for this sense, but ぎまい is standard.

• 父ちちの再さい婚こんで、義ぎ妹まいができた。

  I got a younger stepsister through my father's remarriage.

• 義ぎ妹まいとは血ちのつながりはないが、本ほん当とうの妹いもうとのように思おもっている。

  My adopted younger sister and I aren't related by blood, but I think of her as a real sister.