兄分

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
兄	分
あに Grade: 2	ぶん Grade: 2
yutōyomi

Etymology

兄 (ani, “elder brother”) +‎ 分 (-bun, “fixed relationship”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あにぶん [àníꜜbùǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [a̠ɲ̟ibɯ̟̃ɴ]

Noun

兄(あに)分(ぶん) • (anibun)

sworn elder brother
(gay slang) older male in a homosexual relationship

Synonyms

(sworn elder brother): 義兄(ぎけい) (gikei)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “sworn elder brother”): 弟分(おとうとぶん) (otōtobun), 義弟(ぎてい) (gitei)

Hypernyms

(sworn elder brother): 兄弟分(きょうだいぶん) (kyōdaibun), 義兄弟(ぎきょうだい) (gikyōdai)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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