兄弟（きょうだい）
JLPT N4 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: siblings / brothers
Example sentences
- 私は三人兄弟の真ん中だ。 — I'm the middle child of three siblings.
- 兄弟でも性格は全然違う。 — Even siblings can have completely different personalities.
Idioms & proverbs containing “兄弟”
- 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
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