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What is the Japanese word "anue" mean?

I've heard this word but I can't find it translated anywhere. I might have it spelled wrong, but I'm sure its either "brother" or "sister". I've heard it for both.

Update:

Natsume Maya uses it to call her brother in Tenjou Tenge.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Brother is onii-chan and sister is onee-chan. If there was no suffix attached, its probably for an intimate relationship (intimate as in, you've known each other forever and are BFFs you pervs!) between people who feel as if they're siblings?

    If you've heard it used for both "brother" and "sister", its probably a gender ambiguous word like "sibling."

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Itsumo means 'Always' I pratically know only this word in Japanese because I watch the anime Fruits Basket all the time. The opening song goes "Let's be together itsumo." which is very pretty!

  • 7 years ago

    It's 兄上(あにうえ) ani-ue when it means 'brother', and 姉上(あねうえ) when it means 'sister'. These refer to elder siblings, and are somewhat out of use.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I think it's;

    姉(ANE)

  • 1 decade ago

    It's an old form of the noun older brother. It's not modern day usage.

  • 1 decade ago

    Maybe it means, like, something for close person. Because brother is onii-san or onii-chan, and I think sister is something similar..not sure, though.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    It's a popular name in Finland

    It's a popular name in Estonia

    In Hawaiian, it means coolness, cold, or temperature

    In Hebrew, Anu means us or we

    In Hungarian, it means mom

    In Indonesian, it means something unknown

    In Inuktitut, it means sled dog harness

    In Konkani, it means this year

    In Telugu, it means to say or to speak

    Anu was the earliest known librarian (around 2000 BCE)

    In Igbo language of the Ibo Ethnic group of Nigeria, depending on the pronunciation and intonation, it means to marry/to hear/to wage/meat

    Anu is the name of the sky god in Akkadian (the Semitic language of the Assyrians and Babylonians)

    From the Dictionary of Celtic Goddesses and Heroines by Edain McCoy,

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Im pretty sure its brother...

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    1 decade ago

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