Example sentence
私の 兄は 学生です。How 兄 is used
兄means older brother or elder brother in Japanese. It is a noun used specifically to refer to your own older brother when speaking to others, rather than someone else's. Use お兄さん for someone else's.
More words from level 1
- いるiruhave, exist (animate)
- あるaruhave, exist (inanimate)
- 私watashiI (polite, general)
- あなたanatayou
- さんsansan
- 彼karehe, him