兄

Meaning

1. n
   older brother; elder brother
2. n
   brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
3. n archaic
   eldest son
4. n archaic
   older brother; older sister
5. n archaic
   older person
6. n archaic
   head of a clan; head of a region
7. n archaic
   skilled craftsman
8. pn
   you
9. suf
   Mr; Mister
10. n
    older brother; elder brother
11. n-suf
    older brother; elder brother

Example sentences

• これは兄です。かっこいいですね。

  This is my brother. Handsome, isn't he?

• 兄が急逝したのは２年前、義姉は一人兄の遺した小さな宝飾店を健気に守ってきた。

  Since my brother died suddenly two years ago, my sister-in-law has valiantly kept going the small jewellery store he left her.

• 彼女は兄に勝るとも劣らぬくらい英語が上手だ。

  She is good at speaking English, no less so than her brother.