兄あにじゃじ字FuriganaAudioMeanings1nounolder brotherabbreviationarchaichonorific or respectful (sonkeigo)›Archaic honorific term for one's own older brother, or respectfully addressing an older brother figure. Abbreviation of 兄者人. Not used in modern standard Japanese; encountered in historical texts, period dramas, or stylized speech.See also: 兄者人「兄あにじゃ、待まってくだされ」と、時じ代だい劇げきでよく聞きく。Break this sentence down in the analyzer"Older brother, please wait," is a phrase often heard in period dramas.
