This has had me curious for a long time now. In Japanese, I know there's no word for "brother" or "sister" without specifying older or younger (兄、弟、姉、妹) but what happens if the person's a twin? This also goes for 伯父さん 叔父さん 叔母さん and 伯母さん)
2008-03-07, 9:37 pm
2008-03-07, 10:30 pm
I dont know the kanji, but the word for twin is ?futago?
Maybe this?
双子
Maybe this?
双子
2008-03-07, 10:55 pm
I have a twin brother, I usually just say 弟 since I'm five minutes older, unless I'm actually talking about having a twin in which case I specify 双子 or 双子の弟
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2008-03-08, 12:48 am
I have heard few other pairs of twins refer to each other by who was the first to come out and who was the second. I have never heard someone refer to their twin neutrally so far.
