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：2025/12/07
兄ちゃん
Hiragana
にいちゃん
Noun
familiar
informal
term-of-address
regional
Japanese Meaning
親しい間柄で年上の男性兄弟を指すくだけた言い方。 / 見知らぬ、または親しくない若い男性に対して呼びかけるときのくだけた言い方。 / 女遊びが激しい、または遊び慣れた若い男性を指す俗な言い方。
Easy Japanese Meaning
したしい言い方で じぶんの あにを よぶことば または わかい おとこのひとを よぶことば
Sense（1）
(familiar, informal, term of address) (one's own) older brother
Sense（2）
(familiar, informal) a young man, boy, lad
Sense（3）
(informal) a playboy, a libertine young man
Sense（4）
(regional, Chita peninsula, Aichi Prefecture) son; eldest son
Sense（5）
(regional, Sado island, Niigata Prefecture) (one's own) husband
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Quizzes for review
(familiar, informal, term of address) (one's own) older brother / (familiar, informal) a young man, boy, lad / (informal) a playboy, a libertine young man
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兄ちゃん
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Big brother, what would you like for dinner today?
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兄ちゃん、今日の晩ごはん何がいい？
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