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従妹

younger female cousin

noun Rare #31,290
younger female cousin Japanese kinship terms can specify a cousin’s gender and relative age; English usually just says “cousin.”
JA: 私の従妹は東京に住んでいます。
EN: My cousin lives in Tokyo.

従妹なら知ってるかも

My cousin might know.

— 人生スイッチ (2014)

二人は従妹でした

The two were cousins.

— Article 15 (2019)

メアリーとは従妹同士です。

Mary and I are cousins.

村人たちは仲の良い従妹たちだったと言います

The villagers say that they were close cousins.

— Article 15 (2019)

この娘の従妹だ

I'm this girl's cousin.

— ８ 1／2 (1963)