VocabJLPT N4
siblings
Noun

Definitions

  1. 1. siblings
  2. 2. brothers and sisters
  3. 3. brothers
  4. 4. siblings-in-law
This noun refers to siblings, meaning brothers and sisters collectively. It is used when talking about one's own siblings or someone else's, and in some contexts it can refer specifically to brothers, though it broadly covers all siblings.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

If I hadn't had siblings, I would have been so much lonelier.

Sentence 2

Still, I wonder if siblings' voices tend to sound alike?

Sentence 3

Wait, are those two actually siblings!?

Sentence 4

If one of your siblings got sick, would you take time off work?

Sentence 5

It sounds like he decided to go to the same high school as his siblings.