お兄ちゃん
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word お兄ちゃん
1
Familiar
(one's) older brother
Examples
「百八といえば煩悩の数だ」「お兄ちゃんはどんな煩悩があるの？」「言ってもいいが、検閲削除になるぞ」
"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."
2
Familiar; Oft. vocative
lad; sonny
Examples
ママー、今あのおにいちゃんすごいころんだよー。
Mummy, that man just fell flat on his face!
Kanji in this Word
兄
5 strokes
Frequency: 1219
JLPT N3
Grade 2
Meanings
elder brother
big brother
Readings
On
— Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ケイ
キョウ
Kun
— Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
あに
Nanori
— Specialized readings used in names
え
せ
よし
御
12 strokes
Frequency: 1087
JLPT N2
Grade 8
Meanings
honorable
manipulate
govern
Readings
On
— Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ギョ
ゴ
Kun
— Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
おん-
お-
み-
Nanori
— Specialized readings used in names
う
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