義兄弟

Japanese

kanjitab

Definitions

sworn brothers
brother-in-brothers-in-law

Etymology

Affix from Japanese 義 (nonconsanguineous relationship, meaning, significance) + Japanese 兄弟 (brothers).

Origin

Japanese

兄弟

Gloss

brothers

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

兄 Japanese
兄弟 Japanese
兄弟分 Japanese
兄弟姉妹 Japanese
呉音 Japanese
奥義 Japanese
弟 Japanese
義 Japanese
義妹 Japanese
義姉 Japanese
義訓 Japanese
兄弟 Chinese