汝兄

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
汝 兄
な
Jinmeiyō 		せ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Old Japanese. 汝 (na, variably first- or second-person pronoun: "I" or "you"; here used to mean "I, my") +‎ 兄 (se, “a female's brother”).

First attested in 712.

Pronunciation

Noun

汝(な)兄(せ) • (nase) 

  1. (archaic, women's speech) an intimate form of address for a male by a female: "my brother"
    Coordinate term: 汝妹 (nanimo, “my sister”)
    愛(うつくしき)我(あが)那(な)勢(せの)命(みこと)
    Utsukushiki a ga nase no mikoto
    Thine Augustness, my dear brother

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “汝兄”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ “汝兄”, in デジタル大辞泉‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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