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Oniichan

alanzd
Mar 18, 15 at 2:23pm
Have any of you ever questioned why its oniichan or oneechan and not imotochan or ototochan? I'm just curious because of the suffix title thing being added to the end lol
key17
Key @key17 commented on Oniichan
Mar 18, 15 at 2:30pm
There's nothing weird about it. It's same as in English where we say bro or sis instead of brother or sister. Just little traits of the colloquial language.
kohagura
Mar 18, 15 at 2:37pm
Imoto and ototo are for younger siblings, but in Japan, you just call your younger sibling by their name. Oh, I misread the question. The reason there is no "san" at the end like Oniisan, is because you don't need the respectfulness when talking to the younger sibling... if that makes sense.
alanzd
Mar 18, 15 at 4:06pm
I mean like the sur name to the title haha. And thank you @second poster! Just wondering
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