弟 (おとうと) — younger brother

弟おとうと younger brother

Frequency #1320 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. Grade 2 1 character noun family

otouto

おとうと

Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low. おとうと[4] odaka 尾高

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younger brother

Explained in simple Japanese

おなじ親(おや)から生(う)まれた、年(とし)が下(した)の男(おとこ)の人(ひと)。

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Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

おとうと弟 younger brother

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兄(きょう)弟(だい) kyoudai siblings 弟(で)子(し) deshi disciple 子(し)弟(てい) shitei children 実(じっ)弟(てい) jittei biological younger brother 弟(で)子(し)入(い)り deshiiri becoming a pupil (of)

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Explained in simple Japanese

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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