兄分

Japanese

Kanji in this term
兄	分
あに Grade: 2	ぶん Grade: 2
yutōyomi

Etymology

兄 (ani, “elder brother”) +‎ 分 (-bun, “fixed relationship”)

Pronunciation

Yutōyomi
- (Tokyo) あにぶん [àníꜜbùǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
- IPA^(key): [a̠ɲ̟ibɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

兄分 (hiragana あにぶん, rōmaji anibun)

sworn elder brother
(gay slang) older male in a homosexual relationship

Synonyms

(sworn elder brother): 義 (ぎ)兄 (けい) (gikei)

Antonyms

(sworn elder brother): 弟分 (おとうとぶん) (otōtobun), 義 (ぎ)弟 (てい) (gitei)

Hypernyms

(sworn elder brother): 兄弟分 (きょうだいぶん) (kyōdaibun), 義兄弟 (ぎきょうだい) (gikyōdai)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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