兄ちゃん

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
兄
あに > あん
Grade: 2
irregular
Kanji in this term
兄
にい
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

兄(にい)ちゃん • (nī-chan)  (alternative reading hiragana あんちゃん, rōmaji an-chan)

  1. (familiar) big bro (elder brother)
  2. (childish) "big bro" (address term used by children when speaking to a young man or boy older than them, who they would consider to be their elder brother)
  3. (informal) boy; lad; chap
    • 1991 March 15, Rumiko Takahashi, “ＰＡＲＴ(パート).10　そして拳(けん)印(いん)は消(き)えた [PART.10 The Mark’s Finally Gone]”, in (deprecated template usage) らんま½ [Ranma ½], volume 14 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 162:
      よっ　ええぞ　にいちゃん。
      Yo' ē zo nī-chan.
      Woo, you damn fine, boy.

See also

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