兄（あに）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: older brother (my)
Example sentences
- 兄は私より三つ年上だ。 — My older brother is three years older than me.
- 兄は今、東京に住んでいる。 — My older brother lives in Tokyo now.
Idioms & proverbs containing “兄”
- 兄弟は他人の始まり (きょうだいはたにんのはじまり) — even siblings turn into strangers
- 四海兄弟 (しかいけいてい) — people in the whole world being all brothers; universal brotherhood
- 兄たり難く弟たり難し (けいたりがたくていたりがたし) — both people are superb in skill (and thus it is hard to rank them)
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See it used in real works
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