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ケイ
Meanings
Pronoun
Masculine
Familiar language
Honorific
1. you
epistolary style referring to a male who is one's equal or superior
Suffix
Masculine
Familiar language
Honorific
2. Mr; Mister
epistolary style referring to a male who is one's equal or superior
Noun
3. older brother; elder brother
orig. meaning
Alt. forms
兄けい
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ケイ
Pitch accent
ケ
イ
Used in vocabulary (19 in total)
cousin (elder male)
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
your elder brother
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
eldest brother
you
second elder brother
brother and sister
older brother; you (in ref. to male of greater age or status)
dear friends; (all of) you or those men
you
(one's) older brother; foolish older brother
you
(my) elder brother
elder brother; elderly person
one's deceased elder brother
defer to another as if an older brother
elder brother; my dear brother
one's elder brother