にいさん
Meanings
Noun
Honorific
1. older brother; elder brother
2. young man; buddy; fella; laddie
vocative
Kanji used
older brother
Pitch accent
いさん
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Composed of
honorific/polite/humble prefix
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
Examples (19 in total)
Bring your brother.
You look just like your brother.
Does Pedro have an older brother?
You remind me of your brother.
I don't even know where my older brother went.
I'm older than your brother.
Can your brother drive a car?
I found Kate more active than her brother.
Tom is Mary's brother.
His brother became a Muslim.
I know your brother very well.
At first, I mistook him for your brother.
She introduced me to her brother.
I saw your brother the other day.
Tell me that story you heard from your brother.
He had his brother help him with the gardening.
Beth is afraid of the dark because of her evil brother.
She told me that she came all the way from Hokkaido to see her brother.
Her brother nearly died in a traffic accident nine years ago.