jmdict 1465070 Active (id#1962485)
乳兄弟
ちきょうだい
  1. [n]
    • foster sibling
    • foster brother
    • foster sister
    Cross references:
    • ⇐ see: 2833678 乳姉妹【ちきょうだい】 1. foster sister
History:
    • A 2017-10-20 10:27:22 Robin Scott
    • Comments
      Agreed.
    • A* 2017-10-20 02:51:54 Jim Breen
    • Comments
      Reopen.
    • A 2017-10-20 02:51:37 Jim Breen
    • Comments
      乳兄弟 means both sexes; 乳姉妹 appears to only mean sisters.
      Yes, it probably should be split. I suspect 乳兄弟 is more common, but the counts are skewed by the novel/テレビドラマ called "乳姉妹".
      I'll approve for xrefs, then reopen.
    • Refs
      GG5 & 中辞典 combine, Daijr & ルミナス only have 乳兄弟.
    • Diff
      @@ -6,3 +5,0 @@
      -</k_ele>
      -<k_ele>
      -<keb>乳姉妹</keb>
      @@ -15 +12,3 @@
      -<gloss>foster brother or sister</gloss>
      +<gloss>foster sibling</gloss>
      +<gloss>foster brother</gloss>
      +<gloss>foster sister</gloss>
    • A* 2017-10-19 11:21:26 Robin Scott
    • Comments
      Shouldn't we have separate entries for 乳兄弟 and 乳姉妹?
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