JLPT N5 vocabulary

弟meaning and reading

Reading and pitch accent

おとうと4Odaka · falls after

Meaning

  1. younger brother, little brother, kid brother
  2. brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband)
Illustration of 弟

Example sentences

  1. その物音ものおとを聞いきたとたんに、私わたしの弟おとうとは泣きなだした。

    On hearing the noise, my brother started to cry.

  2. 弟おとうとは犬いぬが好きすだけど、僕ぼくにとって犬いぬは怖いこわ存在そんざいだ。

    My little brother likes dogs, but to me, they are scary.

  3. 私わたしが夕飯ゆうはんを作るつく間あいだ、 弟おとうとはテレビを見みていました。

    My little brother was watching TV while I was cooking dinner.