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jmdict 2200990 Active (id: 2221715)

けい
1. [pn] [fam,hon,male]
《used in letters to address a male friend or superior》
▶ you
2. [suf] [fam,hon,male]
《used in letters after the name of a male friend or superior》
▶ Mr
▶ Mister
3. [n]
《orig. meaning》
▶ older brother
▶ elder brother
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1249900 兄【あに】 1. older brother; elder brother



History:
7. A 2023-02-11 22:44:16  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
6. A* 2023-02-11 20:17:38  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
See 1836000.
  Diff:
@@ -15 +15 @@
-<s_inf>epistolary style referring to a male who is one's equal or superior</s_inf>
+<s_inf>used in letters to address a male friend or superior</s_inf>
@@ -23 +23 @@
-<s_inf>epistolary style referring to a male who is one's equal or superior</s_inf>
+<s_inf>used in letters after the name of a male friend or superior</s_inf>
5. A 2020-05-20 08:06:43  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Pity that note can't be trimmed.
4. A* 2020-05-20 04:44:09  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
all dicts list the brother sense as being first except meikyo, which has *only* the pn and suf senses.  it lists the brother sense as (造).  all sources have pn and suf as being different senses, which i think makes sense given that they have to be glossed quite differently in english
  Comments:
listing the brother sense last, as a mixture of meikyo and the other approaches seems reasonable.  there's no way that anyone is reading the noun 兄 as けい without furigana
  Diff:
@@ -10,0 +11,17 @@
+<pos>&pn;</pos>
+<misc>&fam;</misc>
+<misc>&hon;</misc>
+<misc>&male;</misc>
+<s_inf>epistolary style referring to a male who is one's equal or superior</s_inf>
+<gloss>you</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&suf;</pos>
+<misc>&fam;</misc>
+<misc>&hon;</misc>
+<misc>&male;</misc>
+<s_inf>epistolary style referring to a male who is one's equal or superior</s_inf>
+<gloss>Mr</gloss>
+<gloss>Mister</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
@@ -12 +28,0 @@
-<pos>&n-suf;</pos>
@@ -13,0 +30 @@
+<s_inf>orig. meaning</s_inf>
@@ -17,8 +33,0 @@
-<sense>
-<pos>&pn;</pos>
-<misc>&fam;</misc>
-<misc>&male;</misc>
-<gloss>pronoun or suffix used in reference to an older brother figure</gloss>
-<gloss>Mister</gloss>
-<gloss>Mr</gloss>
-</sense>
3. A 2020-05-20 03:50:25  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -13,0 +14 @@
+<gloss>older brother</gloss>
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