大たい兄けい

noun

older brother (honorific)

Honorific term for one's own older brother, used in formal or respectful speech.

• 大たい兄けいは現げん在ざい、海かい外がいで働はたらいています。

  My older brother is currently working overseas.

pronoun

you (honorific, in letters)

Honorific second-person pronoun used mainly in letters to address an older or same-aged male; formal and somewhat dated.

See also: 小弟

• 先せん日じつは大たい兄けいよりお手て紙がみをいただき、ありがとうございました。

  Thank you for the letter you sent the other day.