ブラザー

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English brother.[1]

Compare Korean 브라더 (beuradeo).

Noun

ブラザー • (burazā)

(humorous, ironic, colloquial) brother, bro (older or younger)
(Catholicism) brother, friar

Synonyms

お兄(にい)さん (onī-san)
兄(あに) (ani)
弟(おとうと) (otōto)
(Catholic friar): 修道士(しゅうどうし) (shūdōshi)

Coordinate terms

シスター (shisutā)

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

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