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4 exact word matches found in search '兄'
1
noun
elder brother; older brother  (humble)
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1
noun, noun (suffix)
1. elder brother  (see also: )
2. pronoun or suffix used in reference to an older brother figure; Mister; Mr  (familiar language; male term or language)
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noun (suffix)
1. used after the name of someone who is an older brother figure  (familiar language)
noun
2. used with various honorifics to mean (older) brother  (see also: お兄さん)
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Most common form:
noun
1. eldest son  (see also: 長男; archaic)
2. older brother; older sister  (archaic)
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35 words found beginning with '兄'
1
noun
1. siblings; brothers and sisters  (see also: ご兄弟)
2. brothers
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1
noun
1. older brother; elder brother  (see also: お兄さん; honorific)
2. brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship)
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1
noun
1. (my) older brother
2. sonny (with a nuance of suspicion); lad
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1
noun
1. elder brother  (familiar language; honorific)
2. one's senior
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1
noun
older brother and younger sister
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1
noun
brother and sister
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0
noun
favourable direction; favorable direction; lucky direction
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2
noun
1. sworn elder brother  (see also: 弟分)
2. older male in an homosexual relationship
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noun
elder brother  (humble)
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noun
solicitude befitting an older brother or older person  (archaic)
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99 words found containing '兄' in any position
1
noun
elder brother; older brother  (humble)
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1
noun
1. siblings; brothers and sisters  (see also: ご兄弟)
2. brothers
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0 2
noun
senior schoolmate; senior apprentice
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1
noun, noun (suffix)
1. elder brother  (see also: )
2. pronoun or suffix used in reference to an older brother figure; Mister; Mr  (familiar language; male term or language)
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1
noun
1. older brother; elder brother  (see also: お兄さん; honorific)
2. brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship)
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2
Most common form: 御兄さん
noun
1. older brother; elder brother  (see also: 兄さん; honorific)
2. (vocative) young man; buddy; fella; laddie
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noun (suffix)
1. used after the name of someone who is an older brother figure  (familiar language)
noun
2. used with various honorifics to mean (older) brother  (see also: お兄さん)
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2 1
noun
guardians; parents and older brothers
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0
noun
brother-in-law  (see also: )
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1
defer to another as if an older brother
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