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    3. 兄さん

    兄さん

    兄にいさ​ん​

    older brother

    KMT9News #25+1CoreNounFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab9 strokes

    にいさんあにさん

    Noun

    1.
    older brother, elder brother
    honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language
    2.
    brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship)
    3.
    young man, buddy, fella, laddie
    familiar language

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    兄にいさんは優やさしい人ひとです。

    My older brother is a kind person.

    KMT9Family & Relationships
    兄にいさんは来らい年ねん大だい学がくを卒そつ業ぎょうします。

    My older brother will graduate from university next year.

    KMT9Family & RelationshipsEducation
    子こ供どもの頃ころ、兄にいさんはいつも私わたしの面めん倒どうを見みてくれた。

    When I was a child, my older brother always looked after me.

    KMT9Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    兄にいさんは結けっ婚こんして、今いまは遠とおい街まちに住すんでいます。

    My older brother got married and now lives in a distant city.

    KMT9Family & RelationshipsHome & Housing
    「兄にいさん、ちょっとすみません」と、道みちで困こまっている人ひとに声こえをかけられた。

    “Excuse me, sir,” someone who was in trouble on the street called out to me.

    KMT9Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    兄
    あに…(5)
    elder brother・big brother
    Kanji
    さ
    sa
    Kana
    ん
    n
    Kana
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