► 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:
- 私は三人兄弟の真ん中だ ⇨ I am the middle of three siblings
- 彼女は三人兄弟の末っ子だ ⇨ She is the youngest of three siblings
- 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
- 兄弟は戦争で別れ別れになった ⇨ The brothers were separated by the war
- 彼等兄弟は戦争で離れ離れになった ⇨ The siblings were torn apart by the war
- 彼は双子の兄弟と入れ替わった ⇨ He traded places with his twin brother
- 異母兄弟 ⇨ Siblings with different mothers. Paternal half-siblings
- 家の事業を巡って兄弟がいがみ合っている ⇨ The brothers are fighting over their family business
- 遺産相続を巡っての兄弟間の争い ⇨ A battle among siblings over inheritance
- あの兄弟は見かけから性格まで似ても似つかない ⇨ Those brothers have nothing in common in appearances and personalities
- 兄弟が庭で取っ組み合っている ⇨ The two brothers are wrestling on the lawn
- 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
- 兄弟間の敵対心 ⇨ Hostility between siblings
- 彼は天皇の従兄弟に当たる ⇨ He is a cousin of the emperor
- 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