"ブラザー" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

Forms: burazā [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from English brother. Compare Korean 브라더 (beuradeo). Etymology templates: {{bor+|ja|en|brother}} Borrowed from English brother, {{cog|ko|브라더}} Korean 브라더 (beuradeo) Head templates: {{ja-noun}} ブラザー • (burazā)
  1. (humorous, ironic, colloquial) brother, bro (older or younger) Tags: colloquial, humorous, ironic
    Sense id: en-ブラザー-ja-noun-fH9HLqOb
  2. (Catholicism) brother, friar Synonyms (Catholic friar): 修道士 (shūdōshi) (ruby: 修道士(しゅうどうし))
    Sense id: en-ブラザー-ja-noun-dWcT0joE Categories (other): Catholicism, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese katakana, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Male family members, Male people Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 44 56 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 32 68 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 33 67 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 32 68 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89 Disambiguation of Male family members: 16 84 Disambiguation of Male people: 0 100 Topics: Catholicism, Christianity Disambiguation of 'Catholic friar': 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: お兄さん (onī-san) (ruby: (にい)), (ruby: (あに)) (english: ani), (otōto) (ruby: (おとうと)) Coordinate_terms: シスター (shisutā)

Alternative forms

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