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Vocabulary (12)

• 家兄

  かけい

  (my) elder brother

• 愚兄賢弟

  ぐけいけんてい

  a foolish older brother and a smart younger

• 慈兄

  じけい

  affectionate elder brother

• 兄矢

  はや

  arrow with feathers that curve to the left (the first of two arrows to be fired)

• 実兄

  じっけい

  biological older brother

• 兄たり難く弟たり難し

  けいたりがたくていたりがたし

  both people are superb in skill (and thus it is hard to rank them)

• 兄姉

  きょうだい

  brother and sister

• 従兄弟

  いとこ

  cousin (male)

• 従兄

  いとこ

  cousin (older male)

• 兄事

  けいじ

  defer to another as if an older brother

• 兄後

  あにご

  elder brother

• 再従兄

  さいじゅうけい

  elder second cousin