Lingaku兄【あに】
Frequency rank: 939.
- older brother; elder brother
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
- 兄【あに】Frequency rank: 939.
- あにFrequency rank: 21,764. – 21,894.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- older brother; elder brother
This term is used to refer to one's male sibling who is older. It carries a connotation of respect and is often used in family contexts.
Generated collocations (experimental)
あに兄をもつ持つto have an older brotherあに兄とよぶ呼ぶto call someone brotherきょうだい兄弟brothersおにいさんお兄さんolder brother (polite form)きょうだいげんか兄弟喧嘩brotherly quarrelあに兄にそうだん相談するto consult with my older brotherあに兄のえいきょう影響influence of an older brotherぎけい義兄brother-in-lawふたご双子のあに兄twin brotherおにいちゃんお兄ちゃんbig brother (affectionate form)
Example sentences
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Since my brother died suddenly two years ago, my sister-in-law has valiantly kept going the small jewellery store he left her.
She is good at speaking English, no less so than her brother.
She is good at speaking English, no less so than her brother.
My husband has two older brothers. (That's right, I'm a third-son's wife)
She looked at her flight of cranes hanging from the ceiling, which her brother Masahiro had hung there for her.