Thread: The word 'brother'
View Single Post
(#8 (permalink))
Old
Khengi's Avatar
Khengi (Offline)
JF Regular
  
Posts: 70
Join Date: Jun 2009
07-01-2009, 06:35 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by MMM View Post
I would use Aniki only if he is your actual brother, he is your mafioso superior, or he did something incredible for you, like save you from drowning or pulled you from a fire, and you owe him a "life debt". And of course he must be older than you, too.
Exactly, going back to the whole 'superior' thing. Aniki is a bit... eh.


---------------------------
I offer free Japanese lessons on my home site 「here!」

[Note: I am proficient in the language (even proficient enough to get hired at a university for teaching), but do not look to me before a native or someone more proficient, like Nagoyankee]
Reply With Quote