LingakuFrequency rank: 3,099.
- siblings; brothers and sisterssee also ご兄弟
- brothers
- siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; sisters-in-law
- mate; friendfamiliar languagemale term or language
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
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- siblings; brothers and sisters
- brothers
- siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; sisters-in-law
- mate; friend
This word refers to a group of people who are related by blood as brothers and sisters.
This word specifically refers to a group of male siblings.
This meaning is used to describe the siblings of one's spouse, or the spouses of one's siblings.
In some contexts, 兄弟 can be also used informally to mean "mate" or "friend."
Generated collocations (experimental)
きょうだい兄弟をもつ持つto have siblingsきょうだい兄弟のきずな絆the bond between siblingsきょうだいしまい兄弟姉妹brothers and sistersきょうだい兄弟でけんか喧嘩するto fight with siblingsきょうだい兄弟のようなともだち友達friends like brothersきょうだい兄弟かんけい関係sibling relationshipぎけいてい義兄弟brothers-in-lawきょうだい兄弟おもい思いcaring for one's siblingsきょうだいしまい兄弟姉妹のかんけい関係the relationship between siblingsともだち友達にきょうだい兄弟のようなかんけい関係をもとめる求めるto seek a sibling-like relationship with friends
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We must learn to live together as brothers, or we will perish together as fools.
His flawlessly ordered life collapsed when his drug-addict brothers appeared.
Saying they could not support both a wife and an airplane, the two brothers therefore spent their lives as bachelors.
She has two brothers, who work in the computer industry.
He is honest and hardworking, but his brother is quite otherwise.
He is my closest friend; we are like brothers.
The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him.
He borrowed from his brother to finance the loss he made on the project.