兄あに弟で子し

noun

senior pupil; senior disciple; senior student

Refers to a more experienced student under the same teacher or master, often in traditional arts, martial arts, or apprenticeship contexts. Contrasts with 弟弟子 (おとうとでし, junior pupil).

See also: 弟弟子

• 彼かれは私わたしの兄あに弟で子しで、同おなじ師し匠しょうに10年ねん先さきに弟で子し入いりした。

  He is my senior disciple, having become a pupil of the same master ten years before me.

• 兄あに弟で子しとして、後こう輩はいの指し導どうにあたっている。

  As a senior student, I am responsible for guiding the juniors.