弟分

Japanese

Kanji in this term
弟	分
おとうと Grade: 2	ぶん Grade: 2
yutōyomi

Etymology

弟 (otōto, “younger brother”) +‎ 分 (-bun, “fixed relationship”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おとーとぶん [òtóótóꜜbùǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [o̞to̞ːto̞bɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

弟(おとうと)分(ぶん) • (otōtobun)

sworn younger brother

Synonyms

(sworn younger brother): 義弟(ぎてい) (gitei)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “sworn younger brother”): 兄分(あにぶん) (anibun), 義兄(ぎけい) (gikei)

Hypernyms

(sworn younger 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, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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