Half of onii chan is made up of desire

Onii-chan Значение, происхождение и курьезы

Oniichan является одним из самых популярных выражений в Интернете, которое происходит от японского языка и используется для обозначения отношения брата / несовершеннолетнего к старшему брату; иногда это произносится ани. Это родство не обязательно должно быть сыновним, оно также может быть использовано для отношений дружбы или глубокого уважения и восхищения.

Это составное слово состоит из двух терминов: онии или или НИИ, что относится к старшему брату или главе клана. Это при соединении с суффиксом -чан, это подразумевает выражение любви или привязанности. Поэтому выражение можно перевести как «младший брат», но с определенной особенностью.

Если мы возьмем его на испанский язык, это может быть истолковано как сокращение от имени рассматриваемого предмета; например: Juancito, Carlitos и др..

В целом, те, кто получает этот тип квалификаций, серьезны, ответственны и имеют большие ценности, которые также относятся с уважением к окружающим..

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Как упоминалось ранее, слово является производным от двух общих выражений: онии, что значит «брат» или «босс»; и суффикс -чан, что-то вроде миниатюрного. В конце вы получите буквальный перевод: «маленький брат».

Если вы хотите упомянуть старших сестер аффективным образом, правильное выражение будет сестренка.

Кроме того, термин онии Это имеет гораздо более глубокое значение, потому что оно относится не только к старшему брату, но и к важной фигуре, которая обладает навыками быть лидером группы или клана..

Однако с течением времени было замечено, что это выражение использовалось в манге и аниме, что привело к популяризации этого слова и даже к получению других типов значений:

-Он используется для выражения платонической любви девушки к мужчине старше ее.

-Он используется, чтобы показать привязанность к человеку, который физически привлекателен.

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Некоторые важные факты о появлении и популярности слова могут быть выделены:

-Предполагается, что он впервые появился на портале Urban Dictionary в августе 2007 года как термин, обозначающий жест привязанности к пожилому человеку японского происхождения..

-В 2008 году процесс распространения в Интернете начался с серии видеороликов, опубликованных на YouTube, где объясняется значение слова, использованного в нескольких аниме..

-Ролики стали популярным и быстрым отдыхом среди интернет-пользователей. Настолько, что они даже стали включать выражения в виде пародий на мультфильмы для детей, как Мой маленький пони.

-Популярность была такова, что большая часть материалов, опубликованных на YouTube, также была опубликована на страницах Facebook, где пользователей спрашивали, какие у них любимые персонажи, когда они произносили это выражение..

-В 2015 году этот термин уже был важной частью набора мемов, наиболее часто используемых в Интернете, благодаря тому, что большинство из них показали девушек с любовным интересом к сильным и привлекательным персонажам..

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Вот несколько интересных фактов об этом выражении:

-Он используется не только как жест привязанности к старшему брату, но и к любой сыновней, а не сыновней фигуре, поэтому его можно распространять и на друзей и даже знакомых. Действительно важно подчеркнуть восхищение и привязанность, которые вы испытываете к этому человеку..

-Аниме Оничан дакедо Ай Сае Ареба Канкейнай йе нэ! показывает отношения Акито и Акико, двух братьев, которые были разлучены после смерти своих родителей и которым позже удалось воссоединиться. Эта постановка подчеркивает использование этого выражения, которое намекает на уважение, любовь и поддержку Акико по отношению к ее старшему брату Акито..

-В общем, считается, что персонажи типа oniichan они более серьезны, раздражают или склонны использовать свою ситуацию определенного превосходства над теми, кто моложе этого.

-В отличие от этой более серьезной цифры, есть otouto, человек, которого называют младшим братом в семье, школе и даже в личном контексте. Его обычно рассматривают как своего рода ученика, избалованного и, в определенной степени, зависимого от того, кто действует как старший брат.

-Благодаря вышесказанному, можно добавить слово Kyodai, что относится к отношениям между братьями и сестрами. Аналогично, для того, чтобы использовать это слово, не обязательно должны существовать родственные отношения.

-Он используется только среди мужчин, так как есть другое слово для женщин.

-Важность этого слова заключается в основном в системе японских ценностей и традиций, в которой подчеркивается роль старшего сына. Это человек, который будет заботиться о семье и родителях, когда они станут старше.

-Согласно Urban Dictionary, существует три типа суффиксов, используемых для определения разной степени отношений между друзьями и семьей. Например, -святой это наиболее используемый и указывает на старшего брата; -чан указывает на то же самое, но со специальной и аффективной коннотацией; и -сама это означает что-то похожее, но имеет более формальный компонент.

-На этом же портале это выражение допускается как слово, связанное с человеком, с которым вы занимаетесь сексом..

-Другие релевантные слова: -кун, используется между мужчинами и более неформально, чем -святой; Сэмпай, что в контексте обучения это связано с теми студентами, которые находятся в более высоком классе или выше; и -доно, древнее выражение, используемое во времена самураев, которое является максимальным выражением уважения к хозяину.

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Seigensou – Latifa Side Story 4

Should’ve been released earlier but… well stuff. Also, anyone else find Latifa unbearably annoying? Why am I even editing this…?

Translator : Cnine
Editor : Vrryou
Proofreader : Jake1456

Latifa Side Story 4

My life in the Seirei no Tami village began a few days ago.
Onii-chan seems to be studying Spirit Arts or something from the Obaa-chan called Arthura.

Meanwhile, I’m stuck being taught about the Seirei no Tami by Sara-Onee-chan and the other Onee-chans.
Although the amount of time I can be with Onii-chan has decreased, it’s apparently for my sake.
I will obey if it’s Onii-chan’s wish.
I’ve obeyed all of Onii-chan’s instructions thus far and he’s never been wrong.
Still, studying from dawn to dusk every day is quite boring.
Aah, I want to spend more time with Onii-chan.

Sara-Onee-chan. Can I go see Onii-chan?」

My thoughts unintentionally leak out from my mouth.

「You cannot-desu. We’re going to teach Latifa our language now.」

Sara-Onee-chan cuts down my request in a single stroke.
Muu

so mean.
While kind, Sara-Onee-chan is also quite strict.
The way she scolded me just now was like a Spartan instructor.
Since it can’t be helped, I’ll endure it a little longer.
I’ll get to sleep with Onii-chan tonight anyway.
Currently, I sleep together with Onii-chan in his room.
Sara-Onee-chan and the other Onee-chans were hesitant to allow Onii-chan and I, who are of opposing sexes and of the same age group, to sleep together, but they relented after I stubbornly refused to sleep in a different room.
I managed to obtain permission from Arthura-san. Thanks to her influence within the village, it put a stop to the objections.

「First off, spirits are—」

It’s currently Alma-Onee-chan’s turn to teach me.
Alma-Onee-chan’s lessons are about spirits.
Her explanations are incredibly easy to understand-desu.
If I had to point out a fault, I guess that the content is too trivial?
Listening to her lectures makes me sleepy.
Too bad Sara-Onee-chan will get angry if I sleep.

As expected of the Seirei no Tami, they regard spirits as special existences.
Spirits are an existence who govern nature. To the Seirei no Tami, spirits are revered as Gods.
However, unlike the Gods back on Earth, spirits actually exist.
Although most spirits stay in their spiritual forms and don’t appear in front of others, a few do materialize themselves before the public. Moreover, some spirits even lend their powers to us.
In particular, spirits that come into contact with individuals and offer to lend them their power are referred to as contracted spirits. Those who have spirit contracts are few in number and are highly regarded within the Seirei no Tami.
Spirits have the ability to read an individual’s heart and will only form a contract with one who possesses a pure heart and soul.

Sara-Onee-chan and the two other Onee-chans all have contracted spirits.
For the most part, they stay asleep within the Onee-chans’ bodies in their spiritual forms but will show themselves on special occasions.
Although the spirits take the form of common animals, I was fascinated and unintentionally stood there admiring them for a while when I saw them.
Sara-Onee-chan’s spirit takes the form of a wolf, Oufia-Onee-chan’s an eagle, and Alma-Onee-chan’s a raccoon.
Each were medium-ranked spirits but even then, they’re considered to reside at the pinnacle of contracted spirits.
Spirits are divided into ranks from low to high with the highest currently confirmed spirit being a Quasi-high ranked spirit; high-ranked spirits assume a role akin to overseers.
The Onee-chans’ spirits aren’t able to speak but spirits ranked quasi-high and above can.

Yet, even if they can’t speak, they can still perceive my heart right…?
In other words, the spirits are fully aware of the feelings I harbour towards Onii-chan.
When I think about, spirits are actually quite fearsome.
Un, perhaps I should also familiarize myself with the Seirei no Tami.

Respect the spirits, cherish your peers, exercise restraint, and show modesty.
The Seirei no Tami is made up of a gathering of such people.
In particular, failing to exercise restraint and succumbing to avarice is the most heinous crime among the Seirei no Tami.

As such, Sara-Onee-chan taught me to practice restraint as I am also part of the Seirei no Tami.
However, I just can’t control myself when it comes to Onii-chan.
I wonder if my feelings as Latifa are different than my feelings as Suzune.
My outward appearance is of a beastman but my heart is that of a human and a beastman.
This is a secret I carry that nobody is aware of.
I’ve never told anybody about it.
That’s right, not even Onii-chan knows that I was once a Japanese person.
I mean, anyone would think I’m touched in the head if they heard my story right?
While it’s true that I want Onii-chan to know everything about me, I’m afraid of whether or not he’ll accept my story.
Still, one day, one day I want to tell Onii-chan.
Must I restrain this uneasiness too?
I no longer understand.
So, I decide to ask Oufia-Onee-chan about exercising restraint.

「Certainly we, the Seirei no Tami, highly value self-restraint, but it doesn’t mean we’re completely selfless.」

Exercising restraint does not mean that one must endure every kind of desire, it’s just to the point of regulating one’s self to avoid unnecessary conflict with others.
We eat when hungry.
Sleep when sleepy.
Such desires are normal because we’re alive.
However, one must not bring about conflict in pursuit of one’s desires.
Rather than profit, both parties will only suffer as a result.
For that reason, there is never be a good reason to create conflict since it is useless.
Therefore to oppose one’s desires, one must exercise restraint.
The adults allow children in the village to act in accordance with their desires in the beginning.
However, sooner or later, a quarrel will break out among the children.
At that time, the adults will teach the children the meaning of restraint.
Those who are unable to show restraint and consistently gets into fights with others are treated like children and will never be given a meaningful role in the village.
When one is able to grasp the importance of restraint, they will come to respect their peers. It is at this point that they will finally be acknowledged as a full-fledged member of the Seirei no Tami.
Lacking self-restraint, the human race had caused irreparable in the past.
As a result, there are many anecdotes circulating the village about the human race succumbing to desire.

But I wonder how true that is.
I mean, I certainly believe that humans lack restraint.
The humans who treated me as a slave don’t have any sort of restraint.
However, I believe there are humans who exercise restraint.
I mean, just look at Onii-chan, he’s practically a lump of self-restraint.
I can’t even imagine Onii-chan losing himself to self-interest and harming someone.

「Of course it can’t be applied to the human race as a whole. Even I think that Rio-sama is an amazing person.」

I stare hard at Oufia-Onee-chan.
Could it be that she has also fallen for Onii-chan?
No, it doesn’t seem like that for the moment.
The Seirei no Tami deeply respect those who display a great amount of restraint.
Oufia-Onee-chan was only praising Onii-chan on those grounds.
How should I say it? Oufia-Onee-chan seems to be a natural airhead, though I may be wrong.
I feel like that allows her to carry a tolerant and gentle atmosphere similar to mother.
Of course that doesn’t mean Sara-Onee-chan and Alma-Onee-chan aren’t kind to me. It’s just that there’s a gap between them and the warm and fuzzy Oufia-Onee-chan.

Apart from that, I think to myself that if it comes to my love for Onii-chan, I don’t have the patience to exert self-restraint.
That’s right, at this time, I still don’t take Onii-chan’s feelings into account.
It’s thanks to Onii-chan’s assistance that I’m able to become slightly more aware of this from the talk earlier. However, Onii-chan is Onii-chan, that is something I’m sure I have not mistaken.

While continuing to learn various things from the Onee-chans, over half a year passes in the blink of an eye.
Onii-chan studied a wide variety of things under the village Elders. Although we seldom meet during the day, we have plenty of time to share our stories come nighttime.

We’re currently living in Arthura-san’s house.
Arthura-san lives with her daughter and son-in-law. Apparently her granddaughter has passed away.
I wonder if it’s because I’m also part of the fox tribe that Arthura-san showers me with so much affectionate.
Recently, I’ve even slept with Arthura-san instead of Onii-chan.
I’m reminded of the time I stayed over at Ojii-san and Obaa-san’s house in my previous life. It makes me feel a little nervous.
Aah, I’m truly glad I came to this village.
It’s exactly like what Onii-chan said.

One day, I received a day off since all the Onee-chans were busy.

「Ah, Latifa-chan nano-desu!」

I didn’t mean to but when I was wandering around the village trying to find Onii-chan, a girl around my age called out to me.
She was a girl from the wolf tribe and Sara-Onee-chan’s little sister, Bella-chan.

「Hey, Latifa, come play.」

And then, a boy from the lion tribe called Arslan came and spoke to me too.
They’re friends I made in this village as well as classmates.
That’s right, I’m not the only one taking classes in the village.
The responsibility of teaching children in the village falls upon other children who excel at their studies and are slightly older than those being taught.
By having a teacher close in age, lessons can be absorbed easier.
The Onee-chans who teach many of the village’s children are the village elders’ children and are incredibly smart.
Although I’ve been studying alone in the past, I’ve finally been allowed to partake in normal classes not too long ago and seamlessly mixed in with the class.
Thus I successfully made a lot of friends.
Arslan-kun is something like the leader of the class.
Unlike her somewhat straight-laced older sister Sara-Onee-chan, Bella-chan has a much more innocent and childlike personality.
Both of them are very proactive towards me and we get along very well; they’re good kids.

「I’m sorry but I’m going to see Onii-chan now.」

I want to go play with them but today is a rare chance for me to meet Onii-chan during the day.
That’s why I had to turn down Arslan-kun’s invitation.

「Eeh… Onii-chan’s that human guy right…?」

Arslan-kun has an annoyed expression as he spoke.

「That’s right. Is there a problem?」

My tone may have come out a little harsh.
Infighting among the human race as well as repeated aggression against us has resulted in a strong sense of distrust against humans among the Seirei no Tami.
Even the older generation who are more open-minded still harbour distrust much less the younger generation who are easily influenced.
Sara-Onee-chan and the two other Onee-chans don’t seem to be prejudiced towards Onii-chan but they’re the rare exception.
That’s why, although the majority of the villages knows about Onii-chan living in the village, everybody goes out of their way to avoid contact with him.
I have also been subjected to slavery by the hands of humans and similar incidents have been reported in the past, so I can understand why they carry suspicions.
But I really wish they’d stop directing such suspicions at Onii-chan.

「No, then come play with us afterwards. Today’s our long-awaited day off after all.」

Arslan’s words seem to carry a hint of concern.

n. Then, I’ll go see Onii-chan now. If he’s busy then I’ll return right away and then we can play, okay?」

I decide to propose a compromise.

n, that’s good! Come back quickly, we’ll be in the plaza.」

Arslan-kun agrees to my proposal.
He runs towards the plaza together with Bella-chan.
This is acceptable for now but I hope one day, Onii-chan will be accepted by the people of the Seirei no Tami.
I’m confident that once they get to know Onii-chan, everybody will understand that he’s not a bad person.
If that happens, then Onii-chan can stay in the village forever.
Will Onii-chan eventually leave the village?
My chest tightens whenever I think about it.
So that Onii-chan can stay in the village forever, is there a way to get Onii-chan accepted by everyone?

…That’s it!
Maybe everybody will change their minds once they have a taste of Onii-chan’s cooking.
Every single dish created by Onii-chan is delicious after all.
The food in the village is good too, but Onii-chan’s cooking is completely foreign.
After we started living in Arthura-san’s house, Onii-chan’s cooking became extremely popular within the household.
Now, why don’t I have everyone try Onii-chan’s cooking?
Isn’t that a great idea?

I’ve hit upon a really good idea. First, I’ll have those close to me eat Onii-chan’s cooking.
After that, with Arthura-san’s permission, I’ll invite the Onee-chans over to Arthura’s house.
Let’s call over Uzuma-san too.
Uzuma-san seemed to be wary of Onii-chan but ever since sparring against him the other day, she suddenly came to respect Onii-chan.
Despite still quite young, Uzuma-san is a brilliant warrior leading one of the warrior groups in the village.
She’s an honest and gentle person, though a little clumsy at times.
If it’s Uzuma-san, I think she’ll become a strong supporter for Onii-chan.
To get Onii-chan to cook one of his dishes, I’ll make a selfish request to make it seem like I want to eat his cooking.

In accordance with my plan, the Onee-chans come over by “chance” when Onii-chan is still cooking.
We’re sitting down on the sofa and chatting when Onii-chan comes and fills the table with various dishes.
Everyone’s eyes are glued to the dishes.
Fufufu, it’s still too early to be surprised.
Onii-chan’s cooking doesn’t only look appetizing, it also tastes absolutely amazing.
Sure enough, when the Onee-chans eat Onii-chan’s cooking, they all give high praises.
That’s only natural.
Onii-chan heeded my request as in front of me are a wide variety of enticing dishes reproduced from my previous life.
The flavour of these dishes have been developed over the course of human history so there’s no way they can’t be delicious.
Besides, these are all made by Onii-chan-desu.

Afterwards, I keep inviting everyone back on a weekly basis to have them enraptured by Onii-chan’s cooking. Slowly but surely, I’m dragging all of them into my “Onii-chan faction 1 ”.
When the time is right, I’ll propose to have Onii-chan hold a cooking class.
I’ve already laid the groundwork to have the village elders’ daughters attend.
After I tell Onii-chan about it, the cooking class can be held immediately.
Thus, Onii-chan easily consented to holding a cooking class.
Before anybody could react, Arthura-san quickly made the necessary preparations and Onii-chan’s cooking class was ready to be held.

Although the first class is limited to only the wives and daughters of the village elders, the number of people in attendance is overwhelming.
It seems the first recipe to be unveiled will be omelette rice-desu.
Onii-chan’s omelette rice uses half-fried eggs like those served in Western style restaurants.
I’m sure it’ll suit everyone’s taste.

When the class begins, everybody listens attentively to Onii-chan’s explanation.
At first, the women are impressed at how skillful Onii-chan handles a knife.
Afterwards, they are drawn in by the sweet fragrance of the unknown recipe.
Finally, “Mission Complete 2 ” as they eat the completed omelette rice.
Although each person is only allowed one spoonful, it seems to be a success since everyone is reminiscing on the taste.
As we start making the dish ourselves, Onii-chan is bombarded with questions on how to accurately replicate the outstanding flavour.
The figure of Onii-chan politely answering everyone’s questions will hopefully leave a good impression.

「Latifa-chan’s Onii-sama is amazing-nodesu!」

Sitting beside me, Bella-chan is admiring Onii-chan with sparkling eyes.
After we finish making our omelette rice, I quickly catch the fleeing Onii-chan and drag him over to our table.

「Ehehe, Bella-chan also says that Onii-chan’s cooking is delicious right?」

When I say that to Bella-chan who’s happily eating the omelette rice, she responds with a beaming smile on her face.
Looking around, I see that the other girls are also interested in Onii-chan. There also seems to be a considerable amount of talk about how Onii-chan may have a spirit contract.
It’s big news because having a spirit contract is proof that a person possesses a pure heart.
It was also interesting when Anya-san told us what kind of impression Sara-Onee-chan and the other Onee-chans had towards Onii-chan.

「Mother made a dish taught by Latifa’s Nii-chan and it was absolutely delicious! Your Nii-chan is amazing!」

1. TL : joking a bit here, she said “my faction” ↩
2. ED*: Said in English ↩
3. TL : And I’m developed a LOLIPHOBIA after translating this chapter; ED: No more……; PF:sounds terrifying ↩

Мой комплекс братика морали не остановить!

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Озвучивание: Anidub
Режиссер: Кавагути Кэйитиро
Автор оригинала: Судзуки Дайсукэ

После смерти родителей 10-летних близнецов Химэнокодзи приняли разные люди. И вот после шести лет разлуки Акико узнала радостную весть – ее брат Акито стал настоящим мужчиной, живет самостоятельно и желает, чтобы они были вместе, как семья. Ради этого он перевелся в ее школу Св. Лилианы и теперь ждет сестру в огромном особняке на горе. Акико, с юных лет испытывавшая к брату отнюдь не сестринские чувства, летела на зов под лепестками сакуры и живо представляла, как они будут вдвоем, в ванной, на постели, рядом с ней… Увы, «особняк» превратился в общежитие членов Школьного совета, старший братик твердостью не уступил святому отшельнику, а вдобавок трое соседок в Акито тоже души не чают! Разумеется, соседки главных героев оказались колоритными личностями. Президент Араси – разбитная пышногрудая деваха, что ходит с японским мечом и меняет любовников обоего пола, как перчатки. Вице-президент Анастасия – наполовину русская княгиня и ведет себя соответствующе, но ее чувства к Акито, увы, видны без слов. Наконец, казначея Харуоми вообще воспитывали как мальчика, и получилось непонятно что, поклявшееся быть Акито верным рабом… или рабыней… ее не поймешь. А где гарантия, что не появится кто-то еще? В общем, Акико, как и положено в этом жанре, предстоит сражение на два фронта, а каково, представьте, бедному парню? Дрова колоть ему негде, остается тайно писать хентайные романы. Так, глядишь, и напряжение сбросит, и на жизнь себе с сестрой заработает!

Useful Notes / Japanese Sibling Terminology

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Where English makes no distinction between elder and younger siblings, Japanese has words that classify both gender and age (relative to the speaker) for a sibling. There are four basic terms:

otōto 弟 younger brother imōto 妹 younger sister ani 兄 elder brother ane 姉 elder sister

These four terms are normally used when the speaker is describing siblings. If the speaker is talking about his older and younger brothers, for example, he will say «[watashi no] ani» note The reason why «watashi no» is bracketed is because «ani»/»ane» is rarely used for anything other than referring to the speaker’s own older brother/sister, so adding «My» is redundant. and «watashi no otōto», respectively. If he is describing someone else (say, Hanako)’s younger brother, he will say «Hanako no otōtosan», using the common honorific -san indicating respect. Logically, describing Hanako’s older brother would be «Hanako no anisan», but this is grammatically incorrect. Rather, he will use «Hanako no oniisan».

It is also not uncommon for sibling terminology to be used for non-relatives. «Oniisan» and «oneesan» and their variants are often used by children for older non-relatives that are not too far apart in age from the speaker (expect the kid Victim of the Week to address the hero this way throughout the episode, for example.) If the addressee is a generation older, «ojisan» or «obasan» (meaning «uncle» and «aunt», respectively) may be used instead and if they are two or more generations older, «ojiisan» or «obaasan» (meaning «grandfather» and «grandmother», respectively) may be used as well. This one’s hard for translators — you want to stay true to the original, but can’t exactly have the kid call the hero «Big brother» despite the fact that they’ve clearly never met before.

In addition to the four basic words, there are numerous variations due to regional differences in pronunciation and from slang usages. Just as an example, here are some of the alternative versions that one may encounter in fiction:

According to Japanologist Basil Hall Chamberlain, the four-word system might have settled due to Chinese influence. Ancient Japan had a more complicated system. To paraphrase Chamberlain who cited feudal scholar Motoori Norinaga on this system:

According to the Kojiki, the goddess Amaterasu referred to her younger brother Susanoo as a ga nase no mikoto, which Chamberlain translated (for technical reasons, as literally as possible) as «His Augustness my elder brother» while adding a footnote that says she was still the elder sister. Izanagi addressed his recently dead sister and wife, appropriately, as utsukushiki a ga nanimo no mikoto, or «Thine Augustness my lovely younger sister» in Chamberlain’s translation; while Izanami, in Yomi, addressed her brother and husband, as utsukushiki a ga nase no mikoto, or «Thine Augustness my lovely elder brother».

This ancient system collapsed into the four-word system we know today, where there’s no restriction on terms used by brothers among themselves as opposed to about their sisters, and vice versa. (A similar system with such restriction is still used by the Koreans.) Oto and imo compounded with hito (人 «person») to form otōto (originally, «younger sibling») and imōto (originally, «sister»). Historically there was also shōto (or seuto), used by females for their brothers.

It should be noted that incest was practiced in ancient Japan. Therefore, words for «brother» and «husband», as well as words for «sister» and wife», were interchangeable oftentimes. The word se could be spelt as 兄 («elder brother») or 夫 («husband»), or for some odd reason, 背 («back»). Imose (妹背 or 妹兄) means either «wife and husband» or «sister and brother».

See also Onee-sama. For similar usage in a nearby country, see Chinese Sibling Terminology.

Meaning of Onii-chan, Onee-chan, Onii-san and Onee-san

Have you ever wondered what it means onii-chan, onee-chan, onii-san, onee-san and other Japanese variations? These words are used to refer to brothers in the Japanese language and are often heard in anime. In this article, we will do a thorough search to understand the meaning and difference of these words.

We have previously written an article talking about the Japanese family members, to remember, let’s also leave a video that our Sensei made about family members below.

The meaning of Onii-chan, Onee-chan, Onii-san, Onee-san

Onii-chan and Onee-chan it is nothing more than an informal way of speaking older brother and older sister. Onii [お兄] literally means big brother and Onee [お姉] means big sister. The chan she is an honorary of child treatment, informed and intimate, as if she were a diminutive (little sister).

The most formal and common is to use the suffix san, so we also listen a lot to the words onii-san for older brother and onee-san for older sister. Both of these expressions oniichan, oneechan, oniisan and oneesan can be used as an honorary suffix after the name such as: Kevin-oniichan.

Do you happen to like younger sisters? I hope you are none Lolicon if I’m not going to kill you! The younger sisters are all mine!

This treatment is used for any older sibling you have, sometimes it is used even with people you consider a sibling, even if you are not related at all.

Younger brothers have word-like treatments otouto [弟] which means little brother and imouto [妹] which means little sister. These words don’t usually use a suffix.

See a complete basic table with the different ways of saying brothers and sisters in Japanese:

Oniichan or Onii-chan, which one is right?

There is no correct way. This feature is just a Romanization option that we use to separate the word’s brother from the suffix chan or another suffix like san. Be careful not just to write onichan because then you will be referring to the demon, ogre, or monster Oni [鬼].

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:

Remember if! Never learn Japanese by studying isolated words. If you are confused about the correct order or way to study the Japanese language. We recommend reading our Study Guide for Learning Japanese.

The different ways to speak older brother in Japanese

In Japanese, there is a hierarchy of treatment, a formal, common and informal language. This is one of the main reasons there are so many variations and ways of saying big brother in Japanese. To make it easier, let’s put a list of words below exemplifying the idea a little:

Remembering that all the words in the list below refer to older sisters or brothers:

Aniki It is often used by the yakuza, it is like a comrade brother, where the character [貴] refers to something precious, esteemed and valuable.

The relationship between younger and older siblings is highly valued in Japan. The Japanese have a knack for placing younger sisters who call their brother onii-chan in anime.

We already mentioned that brother and little sister are imouto [妹] and otouto [弟], but remember that it is not as common 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 no jisho you will see that there are infinite ways to convey the idea of a younger sister, however unusual.

If we want to speak in the plural brothers and sisters we can use the combination of the ideograms of an older brother with a younger brother. Speaking in Japanese kyoudai [兄弟], and sisters in Japanese are spelled shimai [姉妹].

Have you noticed how anime overdo this little sister scheme? Most of the time they are lolis, but do you know what loli means? Click here and read our article on loli, lolicon and lolita.

I hope this article has cleared all doubts about the words onii-chan, onee-chan, onii-san and onee-san, others related to brothers in Japanese like imouto, otouto, kyoudai and shimai! Thanks for the comments and shares!

If you want to know the names of family members, we recommend the video below: