How to say brothers in Japanese

おとこきょうだいotokokyoudai

noun:

  • brothers; male siblings

Example Sentences

watashiたちtachiha兄弟kyoudaiとしてtoshite共にtomoni生きるikiruことkotowo知らshiraなけれnakerebaならnaraないnaisamoなくnakuba愚か者orokamonoとしてtoshite共にtomoni滅びるhorobirudeあろarou
We must learn to live together as brothers, or we will perish together as fools.
彼のkareno完ぺきにkanpekini秩序正しいchitsujotadashii人生jinseiha麻薬中毒mayakuchuudokuno兄弟kyoudaiga現れたarawaretatokini崩壊houkaiしたshita
His flawlessly ordered life collapsed when his drug-addict brothers appeared.
私のwatashinoottoにはnihaaniga2人いますimasu。(そうsouwatashiha三男sannannoyomeですdesu
My husband has two older brothers. (That's right, I'm a third-son's wife)
兄弟kyoudaiともtomotsumato飛行機hikoukino両方ryouhouha養えないyashinaenaitono理由riyuude生涯shougai独身dokushinwo通したtooshita
The reason both brothers gave for remaining bachelors was that they couldn't support both airplanes and a wife.
yutakaにはnihaaniga二人いるiru
Yutaka has two older brothers.

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