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How to talk about your family Posted by yuki on Apr 28, 2013
Last week I was asked by a friend how to ask if someone is married and she also asked how to say cousin and grandchild in japanese. So I thought I’d post a thread about family members and family-related phrases. One tricky thing is that you use different words for family members depending on if…
Japanese Vocabulary Related To Family Part 2 Posted by Ginny on Nov 30, 2009
おにいさん – older brother (someone else) あに – older brother (own family formal) (兄) (お)にいさん – older brother (own family informal) おねえさん – older sister (someone else) あね – older sister (own family formal) (姉) (お)ねえさん – older sister (own family informal) おとうとさん – younger brother (someone else) (弟) おとうと – younger brother (own family…