► 名詞
兄弟 [(1)きょうだい] meaning: brother rank: 1
☆ あの二人は兄弟だ ⇨ Those two are brothers (☛ Biological brothers)
兄弟 [(1)きょうだい] meaning: sibling rank: 1
☆ 兄弟はいますか？ ⇨ Do you have any siblings? (☛ Literally means “big brother and little brother”, but commonly used to mean any sibling combinations)
More examples:
- 彼は双子の兄弟と入れ替わった ⇨ He traded places with his twin brother
- 彼女は三人兄弟の末っ子だ ⇨ She is the youngest of three siblings
- 兄弟が庭で取っ組み合っている ⇨ The two brothers are wrestling on the lawn
- 遺産相続を巡っての兄弟間の争い ⇨ A battle among siblings over inheritance
- 兄弟は戦争で別れ別れになった ⇨ The brothers were separated by the war
- 彼等兄弟は何かに付けていつも張り合っている ⇨ The brothers are always competing with each other about everything
- 兄弟喧嘩して父親に叱られた ⇨ I had a fight with my brother and got scolded by my father
- あの兄弟には共通する点が一つもない ⇨ Those brothers don’t have even one thing in common
- 私は三人兄弟の真ん中だ ⇨ I am the middle of three siblings
- 二人の兄弟はなににつけても競争する ⇨ The two brothers compete with each other over anything
- ライト兄弟は飛行機の発明者として名高い ⇨ Wright brothers are famous as inventors of airplanes
- あんた達兄弟なんだから仲良くしなさい ⇨ You are brothers, so be nice to each other
- 異母兄弟 ⇨ Siblings with different mothers. Paternal half-siblings
- 私達は兄弟だが性格が全く合わない ⇨ We are siblings but don’t see eye to eye at all
- 彼等は兄弟なんだ。道理で似てるわけだ ⇨ So they are brothers. It makes sense that they look alike