慈じ兄けい

noun

affectionate elder brother

Rare literary term for a kind and caring older brother. Not used in everyday conversation; modern Japanese would normally use 優しい兄 or similar phrasing.

• 古ふるい手て紙がみの中なかで、彼かれは亡なき慈じ兄けいへの思おもいを綴つづっている。

  In an old letter, he writes about his feelings for his late affectionate elder brother.