Japanese word
弟
おとうと
In your course · Chapter 15
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- archaic
- Level
- A2
- Frequency
- No. 727 in the course corpus
Meanings
- (my) younger brother
- younger brother
- little brother
- kid brother
- brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband)
- pupil
- apprentice
Source: Tonada course · JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0 (EDRDG Licence))
Kanji
- 弟
- On reading:
- ダイ、テイ、デ
- Kun reading:
- おとうと
- Meanings:
- younger brother, faithful service to elders
Source: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0 (EDRDG Licence))