| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| 兄 | あに | older brother |
| 兄弟 | きょうだい, けいてい | siblings, brothers and sisters |
| 兄ちゃん | あんちゃん | (my) older brother; sonny (with a nuance of suspicion), lad |
| 兄さん | にいさん, あにさん | older brother, elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); (vocative) young man, buddy, fella, laddie |
| 実兄 | じっけい | one's own elder brother |
| 兄貴 | あにき | one's senior, elder brother |
| 義兄 | ぎけい, あに | brother-in-law |
| 長兄 | ちょうけい | eldest brother |
| 兄弟子 | あにでし | senior schoolmate, senior apprentice |
| 兄 | けい | elder brother; pronoun or suffix used in reference to an older brother figure, Mister, Mr |