兄さん (にいさん) — older brother, mister

兄にいさん older brother

Frequency #4671 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. Grade 2 3 characters noun

niisan

にいさん

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. にいさん[1] atamadaka 頭高

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Meanings

older brother
mister

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.

にい兄 elder brother

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兄(あに) ani elder brother 兄(きょう)弟(だい) kyoudai siblings 兄(にい)ちゃん niichan older brother 兄(あに)貴(き) aniki elder brother 実(じっ)兄(けい) jikkei biological older brother 父(ふ)兄(けい) fukei guardians

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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.

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Words with 兄 (6)

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