Have sầu you ever wondered what it means onii-chan, onee-chan, onii-san, onee-san và other Japanese variations? These words are used to lớn refer to brothers in the Japanese language & are often heard in anime. In this article we will vày a thorough search to lớn understand the meaning và difference of these words.
Bạn đang xem: Meaning of onii
We have sầu previously written an article talking about the Japanese family members, lớn remember let's also leave sầu a đoạn phim that our Sensei made about family members below.
Before you start reading this in-depth research & explanation of the different ways lớn say brother or sister in Japanese, we recommover watching our video about family members in Japanese.
Do you happen khổng lồ like younger sisters? I hope you are none Lolicon if I'm not going lớn kill you! The younger sisters are all mine!
Futago - When are twin brothers?
If both are twin brothers, what do they call each other? Who will decide to be the younger brother or older brother? The Japanese word for twins is futago <双子> which literally means children in pairs or together.
In reality, everyone is already aware that even twins, even when born at the same time, are taken in an order, so those who first came out of the mother's belly are considered older. So it can be said:
futago no ani <双子の兄> twin brother; futago no ane <双子の姉> twin sister; futago no oniisan <双子のお兄さん> older twin brother; futago on oneesan <双子のお姉さん> older twin sister; futago in otouto <双子の弟> younger twin brother; futago no imouto <双子の妹> younger twin sister; tsuin <ツイン> from English twins;
Remember if! Never learn Japanese by studying isolated words. If you are confused about the correct order or way lớn study the Japanese language. We recommend reading our Study Guide for Learning Japanese.
The different ways to lớn speak older brother in Japanese
In Japanese there is a hierarchy of treatment, a formal, comtháng và informal language. This is one of the main reasons why there are so many variations và ways to lớn say big brother in Japanese. To make it easier, let's put a danh sách of words below, exemplifying the idea a little:
Remembering that all the words in the list below refer lớn older sisters or brothers:
| description | Older brother | Elder sister |
| Keigo - Too formal - Sovereign | onii-sama <お兄さま> | onee-sama <お姉さま> |
| Sonkeigo (brothers from above) | aniue <兄上> | aneue <姉上> |
| Formal - Daily life - Common | onii-san <お兄さん> | onee-san <お姉さん> |
| A little more informal | nii-san <兄さん> | nee-san <姉さん> |
| Without any respectful, informal suffix | nii <兄> | nee <姉> |
| Informal & diminutive sầu suffix | onii-chan <お兄ちゃん> | onee-chan <お姉ちゃん> |
| Totally informal with diminutive suffix | nii-chan <兄ちゃん> | nee-chan <姉ちゃん> |
| Alternative sầu to nii and nee | ani <兄> | ane <姉> |
| Precious, esteemed, honorable | Aniki <兄貴> | aneki <姉貴> |
Aniki it is often used by the yakuza, it is like a comrade brother, where the character <貴> refers khổng lồ something precious, esteemed and valuable.
Xem thêm: Là Gì? Nghĩa Của Từ Pentagram Là Gì ? Pentagram Và Pentacle Đây Là Một
Kyoudai và Shimai - Other ways to talk about siblings
The relationship between younger and older siblings is highly valued in Japan, not to lớn mention that the Japanese have sầu a knaông chồng for placing younger sisters who điện thoại tư vấn their brother onii-chan in anime.
We already mentioned that brother & little sister are imouto <妹> and otouto <弟>, but rethành viên that it is not as comtháng to use suffixes as san <さん> and chan <ちゃん> for younger siblings, but neither is it wrong or unusual.
If you search for younger sister at the jisho you will see that there are infinite ways khổng lồ convey the idea of a younger sister, however unusual.
If we want to speak in the plural brothers và sisters we can use the combination of the ideograms of older brother with younger brother. Speaking in Japanese kyoudai <兄弟> & sisters in Japanese are spelled shimai <姉妹>.
Kyoudẻo can encompass all siblings even female, although you can rarely find Kyoudai written in other ways using 2 of the 4 characters used for siblings <兄 - 弟 - 姉 - 妹>.
Have sầu you noticed how anime overvị this little sister scheme? Most of the time they are lolis, but bởi vì you know what loli means? Cliông xã here và read our article on loli, lolinhỏ & lolita.
I hope this article has cleared all doubts about the words onii-chan, onee-chan, onii-san and onee-san, others related to lớn brothers in Japanese lượt thích imoukhổng lồ, otouto, kyoudai and shimai! Thanks for the comments & shares!
