お兄ちゃん【おにいちゃん】
Frequency rank: 2,153.
- (one's) older brotherfamiliar language
- lad; sonnyfamiliar languageoft. vocative
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- (one's) older brother
- lad; sonny
This term is a casual and affectionate way to refer to one's older brother, often used by younger siblings. It can convey a sense of closeness and familiarity.
Older brother, let's go play!
I'm waiting for my older brother to come home.
This usage is more colloquial and can refer to a young boy or a son, often used in an endearing manner.
Sonny is always kind.
Generated collocations (experimental)
おにいちゃんお兄ちゃんとあそぶ遊ぶto play with (one's) older brotherおにいちゃんお兄ちゃんがいるto have an older brotherおにいちゃんお兄ちゃんにそうだん相談するto consult (one's) older brotherおにいちゃんお兄ちゃんがだいすき大好きto love (one's) older brotherおにいちゃんお兄ちゃんをたすける助けるto help (one's) older brotherおにいちゃんお兄ちゃんとえいが映画をみる見るto watch a movie with (one's) older brotherおにいちゃんお兄ちゃんにたよる頼るto rely on (one's) older brotherおにいちゃんお兄ちゃんからまなぶ学ぶto learn from (one's) older brotherおにいちゃんお兄ちゃんといっしょに一緒にあそぶ遊ぶto play together with (one's) older brotherおにいちゃんお兄ちゃんにおこづかいお小遣いをもらうto receive pocket money from (one's) older brother
Example sentences
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Mama! That lady and man are holding hands, they're great friends aren't they!
"What's up? Fidgeting around in front of the house." "Um ... I was waiting for you to come back."
Big brother, you've got a bad fever?! Never mind the bags, rest in the shade of those trees!
Hey, is this fish tasty for real? It looks like a black porgy who'd fallen in with mobsters and been put on the country's most wanted list!?
6. きごう「ひゃく はっと百八といえばぼんのう煩悩のかず数だきごう」きごう「おにいちゃんお兄ちゃんはどんなぼんのう煩悩があるのきごう?きごう」きごう「いって言ってもいいが、けんえつ検閲さくじょ削除になるぞきごう」
"Talking about 108, that's the number of worldly passions." "What worldly passions have you got then?" "I could say, but it'll get censored out."
My older brother has been going to the bathroom since this morning.
I wish I had a cute little brother or a cool older brother.