弟（おとうと）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: odaka (tail-high) — high to the end, drops on a following particle (accent on mora 4)
Meaning: younger brother
Example sentences
- 弟はまだ小学生だ。 — My younger brother is still in elementary school.
- 誕生日に弟にゲームを買ってあげた。 — I bought my younger brother a game for his birthday.
Idioms & proverbs containing “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
- 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
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
- Hear “弟” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)