いとこ・従姉妹itoko[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nouncousin (female)
   彼かれの従姉妹いとこは、名前なまえは忘わすれたが、看護婦かんごふだった。↗

   His cousin, whose name I forget, was a nurse.

• Related従兄じゅうけいWrittenWritten/formal prose term for an older male cousin. 「従姉妹」 covers female cousins without regard to age, so it cannot replace this.
• RelatedいとこNeutralNeutral term for a male cousin, or for several cousins regardless of sex; read the same 「いとこ」. 「従姉妹」 refers only to females.
• Related従弟じゅうていWrittenWritten/formal prose term for a younger male cousin. 「従姉妹」 covers female cousins without regard to age, so it cannot replace this.

Write female cousins as 「従姉妹」 and male ones as 「従兄弟」; both read 「いとこ」, and everyday writing usually uses kana. In written prose that marks age, use 「従兄」 for an older male cousin and 「従弟」 for a younger one.

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1. （漢字かんじ用例ようれい）女性じょせいのいとこ。年齢ねんれいの上下じょうげを意識いしきしない場合ばあいの用例ようれい。