兄弟分

Japanese

Kanji in this term
兄	弟	分
きょう Grade: 2	だい Grade: 2	ぶん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

兄弟 (kyōdai, “brothers”) +‎ 分 (-bun, “fixed relationship”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きょーだいぶん [kyòódáꜜìbùǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [kʲo̞ːda̠ibɯ̟̃ɴ]

Noun

兄(きょう)弟(だい)分(ぶん) • (kyōdaibun) ^{←きやうだいぶん (kyaudaibun)^?}

sworn brothers

Synonyms

(sworn brothers): 義兄弟(ぎきょうだい) (gikyōdai)

Hyponyms

(sworn brothers): 兄分(あにぶん) (anibun), 義兄(ぎけい) (gikei), 弟分(おとうとぶん) (otōtobun), 義弟(ぎてい) (gitei)

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